Moon Water

Moon Water

Set in the Blue Ridge Mountains during the summer of 1969, Moon Water finds Nettie, sixteen, with her boyfriend wanting to break up just as they are figuring out the sex thing. Nettie’s lifelong nemesis is jabbing her with perfectly polished nails, while her hellfire- and- brimstone preacher refuses to baptize her. Amid this turmoil, a Monacan Indian medicine woman gives her a cryptic message about a coming darkness, a blood moon whose veiled danger threatens Nettie and those she loves. To prepare for the darkness, Nettie and her best friend, Win, make a treacherous journey into the mountains to build a mysterious dreamcatcher from ancient elements.

A captivating, suspenseful standalone sequel to The Wiregrass, a Historical Novel Society’s Editor’s Choice and Southern Literary Review’s Read of the Month.

Author: Pam Webber

Publication Date: August 20, 2019

Description

Named as the “Read of the Month” for September 2019 in the Southern Literary Review

Selected as Editors’ Choice in the November 2019 edition of The Historical Novels Review

Nominated in the 2020 Library of Virginia Literary Awards

“The story is told in a voice that is strong and engrossing. I was pulled in from the very beginning, thanks to the author’s gift of descriptive prose which floods the mind of the reader with strong images . . . The plot is deftly written, the characters rich and memorable, and the prose delectable.”
—Readers’ Favorite, 5 Star Review

“Moon Water is a flood of love and tragedy. There is intense action and humor, soul satisfying courage and redemption, and throughout, Webber’s knowing, authoritative hand with setting and character.”
—David L. Robbins, New York Times bestselling author

“A page turner, blending real Virginia history and Native American lore. I joyfully followed the main character through her growth, development, and antics.”
—Victoria Last Walker Ferguson, Monacan Life Interpreter at Natural Bridge, Virginia

About the Author

Pam Webber is author of the best-selling Southern novel The Wiregrass. The award-winning university nursing educator and nurse practitioner has also coauthored four editions of a nursing textbook and published peer-reviewed research articles. She served as a panelist at the 2016 Virginia Festival of the Book. Webber lives with her husband, Jeff, in the Northern Shenandoah Valley.