The Girl Who Chased the Moon

A Novel

De: Sarah Addison Allen

Narrado por: Rebecca Lowman

In her latest enchanting novel, New York Times best-selling author Sarah Addison Allen invites you to a quirky little Southern town with more magic than a full Carolina moon. Here two very different women discover how to find their place in the world - no matter how out of place they feel. Emily Benedict came to Mullaby, North Carolina, hoping to solve at least some of the riddles surrounding her mother’s life. Such as, why did Dulcie Shelby leave her hometown so suddenly? And why did she vow never to return? But the moment Emily enters the house where her mother grew up and meets the grandfather she never knew - a reclusive, real-life gentle giant - she realizes that mysteries aren’t solved in Mullaby, they’re a way of life: Here are rooms where the wallpaper changes to suit your mood. Unexplained lights skip across the yard at midnight. And a neighbor bakes hope in the form of cakes.

Everyone in Mullaby adores Julia Winterson’s cakes - which is a good thing, because Julia can’t seem to stop baking them. She offers them to satisfy the town’s sweet tooth but also in the hope of rekindling the love she fears might be lost forever. Flour, eggs, milk, and sugar...Baking is the only language the proud but vulnerable Julia has to communicate what is truly in her heart. But is it enough to call back to her those she’s hurt in the past?

Can a hummingbird cake really bring back a lost love? Is there really a ghost dancing in Emily’s backyard? The answers are never what you expect. But in this town of lovable misfits, the unexpected fits right in.

©2010 Sarah Addison Allen (P)2010 Random House

Reseñas de la Crítica

"There are love interests, big family secrets, and magical happenings (color-changing wallpaper, mysterious lights) aplenty as Allen charts the spiraling inter-generational stories, bringing everything together in an unexpected way." ( Publishers Weekly)

A delightful story

This is a very sweet story that is a delightful listen. If you a are looking for a peaceful, charming adult fairy tale, you will enjoy this book.

Stalker love interest, really!

Poorly characterized. A stalker as love interest. I don’t think this is a good read for YA.

Everything Sarah Addison Allen is amazing so far. I highly recommend this book to everyone

Read this, you won't regret it. I loved every moment of this book and I feel like I learned more about happiness reading it!

Magical

SAA's books are always magical and delicious- this one left me feeling like it ended just a little too abruptly. I think the reader deserved to see the reunion at the end, but maybe I'm greedy.

Love this book

Such a good read. Such a magical story and the narration was spot on. I am sorry it’s over. Could have kept on listening. I love happy endings!

Not a bad book

This book was OK. I say that because I did find it engaging. I personally do not enjoy super unrealistic aspects of books and that is where it sort of lost me. Well written, though.

Loved, loved, loved this book.

I really enjoyed this book. It is beautifully written and perfectly narrated by Rebecca Lowman. This book is just what I was looking for. I needed an escape in the form of something magical and uplifting, and this book was everything I was looking for.

sweet

Kindle suggested this audio to me, small-town magic realism. It was sweet, had some interesting plot twists and sad chapters, fun ones too. It's great to palate cleanse on a Sunday morning. Soft easy read.

sweet

I definitely enjoyed this novel. It is charming and well written. As we all know the narrator can make an average book better or make an excellent book impossible to listen to. Rebecca Lowman is excellent, absolutely perfect for this story. It is a pleasing listen.

Dreamy

I enjoyed this book so much!
Lovely writing, leaves you wanting more.
I saw some reviews upset about the ending but don’t let that discourage you from reading/listening because the ending is sweet and leaves you room to imagine what happens next.
Definitely going to read more books from Sara Addison A.
The narration was great! Rebecca is talented in giving the characters their own voice/personality,really helps paint the picture, even when she reads male character lines it doesn’t sound like she’s trying too hard to sound masculine she does a great job with every character, will be listening to more of her narrations for sure!