Years ago (maybe a decade?) I read The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. I loved the book and I loved the movie too. I also liked this book called Hang The Moon. Again it is the story about a dysfunctional family with a strong female lead. Sallie Kincaid is the daughter of Duke Kincaid, the man who runs the local town. The whole area in Virginia gets by making and selling moon shine during Prohibition. When Sallie is 3 her mother is killed during a terrible argument between her mother and the Duke. Now that she is eight, her father has remarried and has a son. Sallie tried to help Eddie. Eddie is timid and smart. He is not at all like Duke and Sallie who are brave and boisterous and athletic. Sallie tried to help Eddie but this results in an accident. Eddie is barely scratched but Sallie is banished from the house until she is 16 and her step-mother dies from the flu. The story of how Sallie manages her life is interesting. The plot is very convoluted and I didn't think all those secrets were necessary to the plot. If the book is ever made into a movie I'd watch it.
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