Waiting for the Moon: A Novel

by Kristin Hannah

Paperback, 1995

Status

Available

Publication

Ballantine Books (1995), Edition: F First Edition, 384 pages

Description

Selena came alone to the mansion on the isolated Maine coast. There she met Ian Carrick, a physician turned recluse, haunted by a telepathic gift that has destroyed his desire to heal. Selena comes to him, the only person he's ever met who is immune to his psychic powers. A mesmerizing innocent, she turns his life upside down, bringing light into darkness.

Rating

½ (40 ratings; 3.6)

User reviews

LibraryThing member WillowOne
I have read just about every book that Kristin Hannah has out in print. She is one of my favorite authors. I love her writing style and her books always seem to grab me in the first page or two, making it hard to put the book down. This book was different for me. The story did not grab me in the
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first pages, nor did it in the first several chapters. I know most readers would not continue reading if this happened, but being that I love this author, I kept at it. I felt that she could not have changed her style of writing so much, since this book was written, as to lose a fan with one book. I saw promise about one quarter of the way through the book and before I hit halfway I was hooked.

Waiting For The Moon weaves a story of heartbreak in all kinds of relationships from family to lover. It shows how one act of forgiveness can change a person and that starting over can change many lives. You will run through a gamut of emotion from mourning a death to the rebirth of a once thought dead soul.

I realize that some will not stick with this book long enough to get the reward and I do fully understand. If you do stick with it I do believe you will find the raw emotion and magic that Kristin Hannah does so well.
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LibraryThing member OodsAteMyDingo
This book was hard from me to put down from the first page. Without giving anything away, it starts out with a young woman who ends up losing her memories from a head injury. She is taken to an asylum, where Dr. Ian Carrick -a reclusive doctor- takes care of her.
The group, as the author refers to
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them, of inmates not knowing her name, dub her Selena. Selena has to relearn everything about life, her mind set is like that of a child. Like, for instance, fire bad.
While Selena is relearning everything she is bringing out the best of her fellow 'inmates', as well as their leader and caretaker, Ian. And instead of just living together, thanks to Selena's amazing kind pure soul, they learn to live as a family.
The book is heartbreaking and fantastic all wrapped in a nice package. You end up wanting to root for all the characters! A must read! Two thumbs up.
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LibraryThing member drausche
At 1st I wasn't too sure about this book. It had been awhile since I'd added it to my "to read" list so when I started it I thought maybe I'd made a mistake in selecting it. But I kept at it -- I always like to give a book a good chance -- and I am glad that I did. It was interesting, at times
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thought-provoking, and had enough little twists that I didn't always know what was going to happen.
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LibraryThing member MonicaLynn
A young woman attempts to commit suicide and is saved by Ian Carrick a reclusive Dr who is afraid to touch anyone due to his gift of sight through touch. She ends up losing her memory and while she heals she and Dr Ian fall in love. Dr Ian does not want to have these feelings for her because he is
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so afraid someone will come for her to reclaim her back into their life. He names her Selena.

Selena makes everyone in Dr Carricks Aslyum very happy and they all fall for her carefree and good moral attitude, until one day her husband comes to claim her. Must read to find out what happens to Selena, Ian and her husband and the rest of her Asylum family.
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LibraryThing member JanaRose1
A woman throws herself off the cliffs, hoping to commit suicide. She wakes up in an insane asylum, unable to remember anything about her past. I quickly grew bored with this book. I didn't particularly like Ian, and I grew really bored with Selena. I have loved Kristin Hannah's other books, but
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this one was a bust.
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LibraryThing member soosthemoose
A wonderful book. Wasn't sure I would like it at first but it drew me in and got better and better. Towards the end I couldn't put it down.

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

6.85 inches

ISBN

0449149099 / 9780449149096
Page: 0.4636 seconds