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Sallie Kincaid is the daughter of the biggest man in a small town, the
charismatic Duke Kincaid. Born at the turn of the 20th century into a life of
comfort and privilege, Sallie remembers little about her mother who died in a
violent argument with the Duke. By the time she is just eight years old, the
Duke has remarried and had a son, Eddie. While Sallie is her father’s daughter,
sharp-witted and resourceful, Eddie is his mother’s son, timid and cerebral.
When Sallie tries to teach young Eddie to be more like their father, her
daredevil coaching leads to an accident, and Sallie is cast out.

Nine years later, she returns, determined to reclaim her place in the family.
That’s a lot more complicated than Sallie expected, and she enters a world of
conflict and lawlessness. Sallie confronts the secrets and scandals that hide in
the shadows of the Big House, navigates the factions in the family and town, and
finally comes into her own as a bold, sometimes reckless bootlegger.

You will fall in love with Sallie Kincaid, a feisty and fearless, terrified and
damaged young woman who refuses to be corralled.
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Jeannette Walls is a writer and journalist.

Born in Phoenix, Arizona, she graduated with honors from Barnard College, the
women's college affiliated with Columbia University. She published a bestselling
memoir, The Glass Castle, in 2005. The book was adapted into a film and released
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August 19, 2022
Hang the Moon is a new novel by Jeannette Walls, the author of the amazing
memoir The Glass Castle.

Hang the Moon is fiction set in Prohibition Virginia, telling the story of
Sallie Kincaid and the whole Kincaid family. Readers see Sallie grow from
childhood, when she’s hoping to be the fastest in her wagon to impress her
father, to adulthood, supporting her neighbors with a little nighttime
rumrunning…

In The Glass Castle, I was constantly amazed by how the children just accepted
their upbringing, no matter how weird or dysfunctional it got, and Walls does
the same thing in Hang the Moon. Sallie Kincaid just accepts her life as the
Duke’s daughter, obviously she’s the local princess with a volatile father.
Obviously, the Duke rents out most of the nearby housing, and accepts payment in
cash, whiskey which will be sold in the family’s Emporium, or in Kincaid scrip,
a local currency for buying and selling in Emporium. Of course, that’s the way
it’s always been, hasn’t it? The story is wildly different from The Glass
Castle, of course, but there’s the same feeling of a charismatic, volatile,
confusing father.

There’s a great deal of family drama in Hang The Moon, all around this moonshine
empire that the Duke inherited and then expanded on. The Kincaids are the
wealthiest, most powerful family for miles. I have to say that the Tudor family
tree works incredibly well for a Southern Gothic family. It works so well that I
didn’t pick up on the parallels for a while, since Mary, Jane, Eddie, and Tom
are pretty common Virginia names, too. While I was reading, I had a passing
thought that there was a Jane and a Seymour in this convoluted family, and isn’t
that funny, like Jane Seymour? And Jane is the Duke’s third wife, just like Jane
Seymour! And then I kept reading without putting it together. It was only the
part about Mary’s pregnancy that tipped me off, and even then, I was still
thinking that I must be reading too many Tudor dramas…

Hang the Moon tells a drama about rural moonshine makers and heavy-handed
Prohibitionists, about inheritance and class. There are funny moments, like when
successful rumrunner Sallie agrees to take a bored deb along one night, but the
joke is never at the expense of the rural residents. The Tudor parallels work
particularly well here, so when there’s shootout or standoff, it feels more like
a royal rebellion than a redneck story. Overall, I loved Sallie’s creative,
unusual solutions to unsurmountable problems in her family and in her community.

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August 25, 2022
Based on several true events, this novel possesses grit and a main character
that rings true. People making a living the only way possible for them didn’t
offset the simplicity of the writing or the convoluted plot.



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December 27, 2022
FULL REVIEW WILL BE ON MARCH 28.

Duke Kincaid was someone you didn't want to cross. He always had to have his
way.

HANG THE MOON was well written as all of Ms. Wall’s books are.

You will love Sallie, one of the main characters, for her strength and how she
grew as the story unfolded.

It got a bit slow at times, but the story line still held my interest with all
its drama.

This book will be enjoyed by those who like books about prohibition, family, and
Ms. Wall’s books. 4/5

This book was given to me by the publisher via NetGalley for an honest review.
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November 25, 2022
An interesting, convoluted story about a family during prohibition. Some of the
coincidences were not very believable but I enjoyed reading about that timeframe
and culture. Women's rights, or lack thereof, drives much of the story. The
writing isn’t as thought provoking as her other books but I did enjoy it. Thank
you NetGalley for the ARC.


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Sherri Thacker
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January 3, 2023
I absolutely loved The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls when I read it back in
2019! In fact that was my first book I read in 2019 so it’s only fitting this is
my very first book of 2023, 4 years later!!!! This book was about prohibition in
the 1920’s in Virginia and although I loved Sallie as a character, the rest of
the bootlegging going on didn’t interest me. Lots of secrets, lies, feuding …
this one was good, not great. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this
early release in exchange for my honest review. To be published March 2023. I
look forward to this author’s next book.
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February 3, 2023
What a wild ride! Sallie Kincaid’s colorful family offers one surprise after
another. Her daddy, the Duke, was married three times, and was a ladies man.
Sallie adored her father. She thought he had ‘hung the moon and scattered the
stars.’ Her daddy taught her to be the “fastest woman on earth,” riding her
wagon down the steep hill. When she takes her step-brother on a ride and he is
hurt, her step-mom insisted that Sallie be sent away. Sallie spent nine years
with her aunt in poverty, barely making ends meet. With the step-mom’s death,
the Duke takes Sallie back, tasked with caring for his motherless son.

The Duke runs the county. He owns the land and rents to farmers, taking the rent
in trade, the products sold in his store. Mostly, that trade is moonshine
whiskey, which is in great demand during Prohibition. The Duke is also into
politics. His brother-in-law is sheriff. The Duke is coldly ruthless when he
needs to be, and dispenses justice as he sees fit. After all, the federal
government is a long way away. On the good side, he is fair, and helps those in
need.

The book is a hoot, a page-turner, with a strong young woman at the center,
learning her way in the world, taking it on headlong. As tragedy after tragedy
rends the family, Sallie takes on her father’s work, standing up to a rival
family with a long memory. She is fearless, a survivor, her daddy’s true heir.
Doing what needs to be done takes her into a dark place, and she realizes that
she must find a better path.

Sallie learns about love and the unreliability of men, both from the woman
around her and through personal experience. She has a big heart, and
incorporates abandoned women and children into her household.

There are two kinds of family, those you’re born into and those you put together
from the pieces that don’t go anywhere else, and this is one of those families.
from Hang the Moon by Jeanette Walls

Walls’s story was inspired by actual people and events.

I previously read Jeanette Wall’s memoir The Glass Castle and her “true life
novel” Half Broke Horses.

Thanks for the publisher for a free book through NetGalley in exchange for a
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Daveann
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August 7, 2022
3 1/2 stars rounded up
Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to read this novel in exchange for an
honest review!
I love the voice that Jeannette Walls gives to her coming of age protagonists.
The view of the world from Sallys’ eyes is fresh, spot-on and often amusing. I
didn’t love this as much as The Glass Castle, but enjoyed it non the less.


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December 30, 2022
2.5…….but like, why did one million absurd things happen in the span of 300
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November 14, 2022
Motherless Sallie Kincaid is the daughter of the wealthiest man in a small
Virginia town. She idolizes her father who runs the town, but an accident forces
her to go live with her aunt for nine years. When she returns to her family
home, Sally must grow into a brave, strong, and independent woman and eventually
helps run her family business. She must contend with gender inequality, grief,
uncovering family secrets, and the moral struggle of making the family money by
bootlegging. Some of the events that happen in this Prohibition era novel are
based on real life events. This is another great book by Jeannette Walls who
never disappoints. Thank you to Netgalley for an advanced copy of this book.
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October 17, 2022
This is an action packed historical fiction about a young girl coming of age in
prohibition times. Her family is very important to her little town and her
father 'The Duke' runs the show. This story is full of action, family secrets,
power struggles and so much more.

It begins with an accident involving Sallie's brother Eddie. She is sent away to
live with her aunt because of the accident, while life goes on in her hometown.

Nine years later, she returns in hopes to reclaim her spot in the family. After
some time and more tragedy, she is left to run the county alone. After
witnessing the heartache and gender inequality within her family and around
town, she has refused to marry. She find her place in the world and the story
goes on.

Thank you NetGalley and Scribner for the advanced reader’s copy of this book in
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November 3, 2022
Book Title: Hang the Moon
Author: Jeannette Walls
Publisher: Scribner
Genre: Historical Fiction
Pub Date: March 23, 2022
My Rating; 4 stars

“The Duke hung the moon and scattered the stars!”
This is the story of Sallie Kincaid and the whole Kincaid family which is set in
Prohibition, Virginia.
Family is important to Sallie and she is always trying to impress her father
“The Duke” who is very much in control of what is going on.
The Duke remarries when Sallie is very young and married a woman named Jane and
they have a son Eddie. But Sallie is his little Whippersnapper. When she was
eight her dad surprises her with a ‘Defiance Coaster’ a coaster wagon that she
just loves and vowels to be ‘the faster girl in the world!”
Sallie is anxious to show little Eddie the wagon and takes him for a ride – he
is so excited only there is an accident. Eddie is hurt. Jane believes Sallie is
a danger to her son and Sallie is sent away to live with her aunt Faye – her
Mother’s sister. She loves Aunt Faye but is anxious to move back home-
which she does but nearly ten years later when she is turning eighteen.

Story is full of family secrets and power struggles which deal with inheritance
and class.
There are rural moonshine makers and heavy-handed Prohibitionists and of course,
a lot of family drama.

I was in minority in that I really didn’t love her Memoir “The Glass Castle”. It
made for a great discussion at my book club but a story I didn’t enjoy. I am
also from West Virginia and I thought the story brought out all the negatives
things most people believe about all Mountaineers!

This is different than that story and I liked it much better.

Want to thank NetGalley and Scribner for this early eGalley.
Publishing Release Date scheduled for March 23, 2023

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August 18, 2022
Thank you to Scribner and NetGalley for providing an advance copy of this book
in exchange for my honest review. The book will be published on March 28th,
2023.

Writing: 5/5 Plot: 5/5 Characters: 5/5

Sallie Kincaid — a larger than life heroine if I’ve ever read one — comes of age
in hillbilly country during Prohibition. Daughter of “the Duke,” who runs the
county, she eventually inherits all that was his — the power and the immense
responsibility. Unwilling to marry (having seen how badly women fare in the
imbalance between the sexes), she is going it alone.

Inspired by the Tudor dynasty, specifically Elizabeth I, this story is a
fascinating and seamless transposition of that singular journey — a female
growing from child banishment to the leadership of a patriarchal empire — from
the Elizabethan Era (late 1500s) to the Prohibition Era (1920s). With
outstanding writing, Walls brings to life a set of utterly believable characters
with bold depictions of their inner and outer lives. Character interactions
bring out both the individual striving and the (usually invisible) impact across
other lives. Plenty of every day philosophy and thinking. Impossible to put
down.

Some great quotes:

“I don’t for one second forget that what we are doing is illegal, but legal and
illegal and right and wrong don’t always line up. Ask a former slave. Plenty of
them still around. Sometimes the so-called law is nothing but the haves telling
the have-nots to stay in their place.”

“This man whose approval I so craved. He loved being loved, but he never truly
loved anyone back. He took what he wanted from people, then once he got it, cast
them aside.”

She got what she deserved… “That’s what some people said when Mama was killed.
It is what you tell yourself sometimes, a way to make sense of things, a way to
make you feel safer, that people who get hurt bring it on themselves. But it’s
such a lie. Lots of folks don’t deserve what they get.”

“I’m not sure if I’m remembering what happened or just finally understanding it,
but all these years, I’ve been hearing stories about Mama as told by others, and
now, I finally understand the story as Mama would have told it.”

“What else are you going to do? You can get married or you can become a
schoolteacher or a nurse. Other than that, it’s slim pickings — a nun or a whore
or a spinster peeling potatoes in the corner of some relation’s kitchen.”

“If a woman wants to get ahead in this world, she marries well and mark my
words, Sallie, no man worth the clothes on his back is going to let a woman
outshine him.”

“A handout. You think you’re being all generous, but what you’re also saying is
you got what the other person doesn’t — so much of it you’re giving it away.”

“It’s when the boss asks you to do something you know to be wrong and you do it
anyways. That sort of work whittles away at the soul.”

“There are two kinds of brave people in this world, it hits me, those who fight
and those who protect the ones who can’t fight.”

“I thought being in charge meant I was beholden to no one. What it truly means
is that I am beholden to everyone.”

“He’s going on about how, back in Scotland, we Kincaids fought the highlanders
who tried to rustle our cattle and the English who tried to take our land, then
we fought the Irish when they wouldn’t let us take theirs, and when we came to
Virginia, we fought the Indians for the same reason, then the English again with
a lot of talk about defending freedom, then the Yankees with a lot of talk about
defending slavery. When we were defeated, we still declared victory but we also
swore revenge. I wish I could say we were always on the side of right, but that
would be a lie. We fought people for doing to us exactly what we did to others,
fought for them wanting the same rights we had.”
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I didn't think this one was quite as engaging as her previous books. I loved the
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Sallie Kincaid's free-wheeling and powerful father, the "Duke," is someone she
thinks hangs the moon in this vivid coming-of-age story set in Appalachia before
and during Prohibition. After years spent away with a maiden aunt, Sallie
returns home to be a part of the family and the family business, but she slowly
discovers that reality is a bit different than her starry-eyed version of
things. Excellent characterization, a slowly unfolding story and an evocative
setting makes this a really enjoyable and memorable piece of historical fiction.
Highly recommended.
Thanks to the publisher and Edelweiss for an advance copy.
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**Thank you to Netgalley and Simon & Schuster for the chance to review this
book.**

Do you get easily attached to fictional characters? If the answer is “yes,” this
might not be the book for you. “Everyone dies” is a BIT of an exaggeration, but
not by much.

Best known for her autobiography, The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls is back with
this historical fiction set in Claiborne County, Virginia during the Prohibition
Era. Sally Kincaid is the daughter of Hank Kincaid, known simply as “The Duke.”
The Duke is the owner behind the most powerful business in the area, The
Emporium. The Emporium not only sells goods to everyone in the area, but it is
also the center of the county’s bootlegging operations, much to Sally’s chagrin
when she finds out. The Duke has his hand in almost everyone’s life. He may sell
you goods at his store. He may employ you and pay you with store credit. He may
act as your landlord. He may let you pay rent with moonshine, which he then goes
on to sell to other people. Either way, there is no doubt who holds the power in
Claiborne County. The Duke rules both the financial and political operations of
the local area.

The Duke has a rather colorful marriage history, especially for the era in which
he lived. His first wife, Belle, was beloved by the town. She gave him a
daughter, Mary. However, he soon fell in love with Ann Powell, Sally’s mother,
and divorced Belle in order to be with her. Belle and Mary were sent packing,
nursing a well-deserved grudge against the Duke. When Sally was three years old,
Ann was killed by the Duke during a violent confrontation. He was never
arrested. You would think Sally would hate him, but you would be wrong. She
worshipped the ground he walked on.

After the Duke killed Ann, he married Jane, an uptight, proper woman who did not
like Sally. She gave birth to Sally’s younger brother, Eddie. Eddie was
brilliantly smart, but not daring. He was also the heir to the Kincaid fortune
as the first-born male of the family. One day, Sally takes Eddie on a ride on
her defiance coaster and crashes it, severely injuring him. Jane in her fury
insists that Sally go live with her Aunt Faye. The Duke promises that it will
only be for a few months, but months turn into years. Finally, when Sally is a
teenager, Jane dies from influenza. The Duke permits her to return to her
childhood home, The Big House.

Sally had a hard life with Aunt Faye, and she learned what it was like to never
have enough money. She also learned how to work hard and never take what you
have for granted. I can’t get too far into the storyline because even discussing
the other characters gives a hint as to who the “everyone” in “everyone dies” is
going to be. However, this is a story about coming to terms with the idealized
versions of our parents that we sometimes create as kids. It also highlights
Sally’s grit and compassion for other people in stark contrast to those around
her who operate based on business principles alone. Finally, Hang the Moon
reminds us that desperation can lead to some pretty poor choices, but there is
more to a person than the compilation of their mistakes.

While I liked the messages that evolved from this book, I couldn’t get over the
multitude of unlikeable characters and constant death. The instability of the
story line was jarring at times– you thought the plot was heading down a certain
path only for it to suddenly veer in a different direction. After the second or
third time that happened, I grew tired of the changes. However, I loved Sally as
a character, so she erased many of the grumbles I had. Overall, I would
recommend this book to many of my historical fiction-loving friends and
encourage them to look up the story of Willie Carter Sharpe, the “Queen of the
Roanoke Rumrunners” from which Sally’s character is based.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Sallie Kincaid is the daughter of the biggest man in a small town, the
charismatic Duke Kincaid. Born at the turn of the 20th century into a life of
comfort and privilege, Sallie remembers little about her mother who died in a
violent argument with the Duke. By the time she is just eight years old, the
Duke has remarried and had a son, Eddie. While Sallie is her father’s daughter,
sharp-witted and resourceful, Eddie is his mother’s son, timid and cerebral.
When Sallie tries to teach young Eddie to be more like their father, her
daredevil coaching leads to an accident, and Sallie is cast out.

Nine years later, she returns, determined to reclaim her place in the family.
That’s a lot more complicated than Sallie expected, and she enters a world of
conflict and lawlessness. Sallie confronts the secrets and scandals that hide in
the shadows of the Big House, navigates the factions in the family and town, and
finally comes into her own as a bold, sometimes reckless bootlegger.
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Review:
I was a huge fan of The Glass Castle and Half Broke Horses so getting my hands
on this novel was exciting. Jeannette Walls writes so casually, yet
descriptively. (A little too much detail about the roads and the the sky. But I
get it: Duke hung the moon.) Sallie comes alive on the pages and I found myself
rooting for her even when I wasn’t in agreement with her choices.

Keeping track of all the family ups and downs, indiscretions, and trauma took a
lot. At times I had to stop and remember who was what relation and when things
happened. But Walls manages to bring it all together in a satisfying way while
also making the point that family can be more about the people you choose than
anything else.

Sallie is brave, sensible, and fierce. I want to know where she goes next. Walls
tied up everything at the end but there could be more. And I would definitely
read it!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4 stars because it got a little confusing and overly descriptive. But a
great read!!

Thank you to NetGalley and Scribner for an advance ebook in exchange for my
honest review.
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I'm sure there are other prohibition era books out there, but I'm not sure that
there are any quite like Hang the Moon by Jeannette Walls. Set in the 1920's in
east Appalachia Virginia, Sallie Kincaid, the youngest daughter of "The Duke"
ends up as the head of the Kincaid moonshine dynasty. Even though she's a female
character taking her place in a male dominated world, I'm not sure that this
novel can be characterized as true feminist fiction. Sallie exhibits all the
characteristics that you expect to find in a strong southern woman lead
character. She's bold, she's strong, she's capable, and she demands respect.
That's a lot to ask of a woman of the early 1920's, but this was a pivotal time
for women historically, and Walls has created a character that helps us
understand how these women were able to change history.

I felt that the historical research was accurate, and the setting was
beautifully drawn in a very atmospheric way.
The characters, however, were the stars of this novel. They are simply
captivating. My family heritage - my great grandparents - came from Kentucky's
east Appalachia area, my great uncles were actual rumrunners during prohibition,
so the characters in Walls' book could have been my family. I know they FELT
felt like my family. In fact, when I got to the last page of the book, I turned
the page, expecting - wanting - the story to continue because I wasn't ready to
say good-bye to my relatives again.

I don't five star many books, but this one earns it because even days later, I'm
still wondering what Sallie and her family are doing today and I wish I was
there to see it.

I received a copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review,
and in this case, it was an absolute delight to write one.
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February 27, 2023
This was an interesting book, though I found it slow at times, and there was a
lot of deaths, something I was surprised at. In Prohibition Virginia, Sallie
Kincaid is the daughter of the Duke Kincaid, the wealthiest man in the county,
he owns the Emporium, a store that sells literally anything and Duke accepts
anything for payment on rent of his houses, or for any items people may need to
buy, most of the residents are in hock to him for something and most are loyal
to him. Sallie's mom was married to the Duke, but died mysteriously when Sallie
was a toddler, the Duke quickly remarried and had the son he longed for. His new
wife was not keen on Sallie and she's sent to live with an Aunt in another part
of the state, for a while, which turned out to be nine years, she's brought back
when her stepmom passes away. She's brought back to look after her brother and
tutor him, Sallie's not a teacher but she tries. After the Duke marries again,
the new wife takes over tutoring and Sallie worries she's going to be sent away
again. Sallie gets involved in the rum running business, something that was a
main money maker for the Duke and she proves to be very adept at it. I enjoyed
this book and recommend especially if you like strong women in historical roles.
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Kidlitter
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January 22, 2023
An ARC was provided by Scribner in exchange for a fair review that is
emphatically not muddled by moonshine.

Walls throws everything but a coherent story and believable characters into the
soup of her third book. It helps to know your Tudor history because Walls uses
that scaffolding to hang her plot upon, but for absorbing details about life in
Prohibition Virginia and an understanding of the illegal but seductive culture
of liquor making during Prohibition the book falls short. The world of the
Kinkaid family - supreme makers of moonshine and fixers of everything in their
county - is as crowded as any Royal Court. Folks don't really impress when they
come and go as the Kinkaids' fortunes rise, fall and rise again. And Sallie
Kinkaid, who is supposed to be so brave and gender-role defying, a second
Elizabeth the Second, spends most of her time finding out others' secrets and
reacting to the drama others bring upon her. She does realize "what a rotten
deal this marriage business is" for women of her time but she continually gets
mixed up in more domestic drama than in running her family's dynasty. Walls is
mining some well trod territory here, her own and Elizabethan but neither are
rich enough veins to yield one good read.
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December 26, 2022
It's been far too long (10 years!) since Walls' last published book, and I was
so excited to finally read something new by her. As expected, the writing here
is excellent and the novel is definitely a page-turner that quickly hooked me. I
like how Walls has drawn on actual history from the real Queen of the Roanoke
Rumrunners to bootlegger feuds to even the Tudor dynasty to in her tale about
the strong and complex character of Sallie Kinkaid. I wish that there had been a
little less emphasis on plot; there is an awful lot that happens within a short
time span and the story may have taken on a little more than it could handle
while sacrificing smaller, more character-driven moments that could have made it
even better. I appreciate how everything isn't tied up neatly at the end,
instead landing on a note of hopeful uncertainty and even leaving the door open
regarding Sallie's romantic life. Overall not quite as good as Walls' first two
books, but still worth the read.

Thanks to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of this title.
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January 31, 2023
The power of family, a vibrant coming of age story and the fraught history of
Prohibition all combine in this newest from Jeannette Walls. Sallie Kincaide is
born into a bootlegging empire headed by her father Duke. Sent away by her
stepmother as a child, Sallie returns as a young woman and must grapple with her
place in the world and in her family. A unique historical fiction inspired by a
true story. Thank you to Edelweiss & Netgalley for the DRC.


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Kimberly
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October 1, 2022
This is a story about a woman making her own way in a man’s world in 1920’s
Virginia during prohibition.

This book just didn’t work for me. I found the pacing too slow and there was
just so much drama.

I found Sallie to be an interesting character and I was invested in what was
going on in her life. This book definitely has some strong female characters.

Thank you NetGalley and Scribner for this digital arc in exchange for my honest
review which is not affiliated with any brand.
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Elizabeth
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February 11, 2023
Despite a terrible cover, I got sucked into this one really quickly. Jeanette
Walls tells a good story with interesting characters. Any story in the 1920s
fascinates me but this one was kind of original: rural Virginia, Prohibition,
family intrigue and secrets, and a woman running a bootlegging empire. About 2/3
of the way through I suddenly realized which historical family partially
inspired the story and that was fun, although the fact that it was a loose
retelling of history also gave it a bit of a stiff tone at times. I’ll still
always love The Glass Castle the most of all of Walls’ books but her novels are
pretty enjoyable as well.
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I’m a fan of Jeanette Walls writing and this book was another wonderful read.I
was drawn right in by the characters the family relationships.I was so involved
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February 6, 2023
Hang the Moon is totally different than most of the books I read. It's a Western
(except the setting is Virginia), it's women's fiction, it's historical fiction,
it's full of drama, it involves bootlegging and women carrying around rifles. I
admit I did not know what I was getting into. I chose to read it because of the
author. But, it turned out to be a good choice.

Our protagonist is Sallie Kincaid. She is the daughter of The Duke, the
“emperor” of a town called Caywood, Virginia. She is a strong young lady, astute
and does not want to sit around embroidering doilies. Circumstances force her to
grow up in a hurry.

The remaining cast of characters is very diverse. There's a teetotaler reverend
who wants to clean up the booze. It's Prohibition, you know. And an aunt who has
been known to be a bit of a floozy, but sadly, she has been a victim of abuse.
There is a housekeeper who is vocal about expressing her opinion. And a widow
who remarries and is re-widowed and again remarries, and might be re-rewidowed.
But, she is pregnant! Who's the father? To complicate matters even more, one of
the dead husbands isn't dead but really prefers men over women. The town's
people are an interesting bunch too.

This all sounds like over-the-top melodrama. But, seriously, it works! Most of
the time. The underground bootlegging plays a large part in the town's economy
but it does get quite violent.

This book was not what I expected. It was interesting. It detailed a way of life
which was real in the 1920s but I knew very little about it. I always think that
if can learn something from a book, it was worth reading it. I think that one of
the things that was a big surprise was that people were prone to take the law
into their own hands with very few repercussions. Or, they live by their own
laws.

It was mostly a fun and interesting read. But as it got closer to the end of the
book, some of the incidents were just over the top. Still entertaining but it
could have come down a notch.

I appreciate that the author did a lot of research into the bootlegging days of
prohibition. In the Acknowledgments, she explains how many of the characters
were inspired by real people of the day, as were many of the incidents.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the Advance Readers Copy.
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February 27, 2023
Recommended by Becky. Check our catalog:
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Kelly Long
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November 20, 2022
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing this book in exchange for
an honest review.
Sallie Kincaid is such an awesome character! I love her spunk and feistiness.
She faces a lot of tough times and tragedies (no spoilers from me) and how she
handles life can get a bit crazy. This was a fun book to read with a lot going
on.

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August 13, 2022
I enjoyed this book about an independent woman in the 1920’s set in rural
Virginia. It was not a light book, but it was easy to read for the most part. I
enjoyed the history and references to places I am familiar with, such as
Monument Avenue in Richmond. 7/10.

Thank you very much to NetGalley and Scribner for the advanced reader’s copy of
this book in exchange for my honest review.


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December 18, 2022
Thanks Netgalley for allowing me to read this book. Sallie returns to her
families house after being away for many years. There are many changes that have
occurred. This book lagged in a few places.


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October 22, 2022
A story of a strong woman who went thru the depression and prohibition. She
takes over the family business after several deaths in the family and is
involved in bootlegging moonshine in the south. Sallie has not had an easy life
and has to prove herself capable and compassionate to the local people who
depend on her family’s business and moonshine to make a living. I enjoyed the
book and the insight into this time period.


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