![]() “People like to think fiction’s less serious than other kinds of writing, and I’m here to tell you it can make the real more bearable.” So quoth Ranita Atwater, the protagonist of Helen Elaine Lee’s Pomegranate, a sly paeon to the power of great fiction and its ability to be a Trojan horse delivering the truth. Filled with fiery and larger-than-life characters-some conniving, others just looking for love-Walls’ latest is a pure pleasure to read and to talk about. Sallie has grit and gumption, and is a narrator to root for-not just because she defies convention by wearing pants, carrying a gun, and refusing to marry-but because she genuinely wrestles with her family legacy, however good, bad, and ugly it may be. As she takes her place within the family business and at “the Big House,” she comes to realize that the youthful impressions she had of her do-good father, affectionately known as “the Duke,” are a far cry from reality. ![]() Set in Virginia during Prohibition, Hang the Moon charts the life of Sallie Kincaid, sent away by her stepmother at a young age, who returns home nine years later as a woman to be reckoned with. A feisty tomboy, bootleggers, wheelin’ and dealin’ family members, quickie marriages, and a shootout juice the pages of Jeannette Walls’ enthralling historical novel.
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