Moonrise (Warriors: The New Prophecy, Book 2)

Book Description

Moons have passed since six cats set out on a journey to save their Clans. Now they are traveling home again, but on their way through the mountains, they meet a tribe of wild cats with a secret . . . and their own mysterious prophecy to fulfill. Stormfur can't understand their strange fascination with him, but he knows the danger they face is real.

Meanwhile, back in the forest, Firestar and Leafpaw watch ThunderClan's world crumbling around them. Will the questing cats make it back in time to save the Clans, or will they be too late?

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The great journey.......2007-08-26

This book follows the traveling cats as they try to make their way back to the forest. Again, a very strong, page turning book and I loved every bit of it. Some parts were harder to read than others as trouble follows the cats, but as usual, that only leads to more adventure and really keeps your interest. Addictive and highly entertaining. Can't wait for the next book.

why?!!.......2007-08-22

For others who read Midnight and Moonrise back to back, did you notice there was a replication of an entire chapter from Midnight (one of the last when the cats are leaving the sea cliffs) to chapter 5 of Moonrise? I don't know what on earth happened but I'm assuming that it was done deliberately since the story flowed through both chunks of either book in the right places and the details for terrain description were adjusted. Rather annoying realizing a whole chapter was transferred over. I personally liked Midnight better than Moonrise as this book moves a lot slower and the way the story functions with the mountain cats, at the moment feels like filler. Hoping that changes in the next one. I don't know how intentional it was, but Sharptooth also seems like he could've been named better. I had a really hard time trying not to picture a tyrannosaurus rex (Land Before Time) as I was reading.

good one!!!.......2007-08-05

now this is a book. buy it, buy it, buy it! moonrise continues from after the cats on thier journey meet midnight the badger and head home taking the mountanious path instead of going back trough twoleg place but along the way they meet a group of tribe cats who seemed determined that the six cats must not leave.

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Roller coaster of emotions!.......2007-08-04

My 13yr old son read this book in 6hrs!! He thoroughly enjoyed the plot and was visibly upset when FeatherTail died...but he insisted that it was the best of this particular set of Warrior Cat books.

Warriors: The New Prophecy: Moonrise.......2007-06-24

Summary: The 6 traveling cats: Stormfur and Feathertail (they're siblings)of RiverClan, Crowpaw from WindClan, Tawnypelt from ShadowClan, Brambleclaw and Squrrielpaw from Thunderclan, are returning from the sun-drown-place where Midnight, the badger, told them that their homes are getting destroyed. This time they're going through the mountains instead of the Twoleg place where they were lost many times.

After getting lost in the mountains many times too, a group of cats found these 6 Clan cats. These group of cats are a Tribe called the Tribe of Rushing Water. They have their own ancestors called the Tribe of Endless Hutning. These cats are all fascinated by Stormfur and he doesn't know why. Stormfur has a friendship towards a Tribe cat called Brook where Small Fish Swim. While Crowpaw and Feathertail are getting really close and may be togehter, but towards the end everything changes. Something terrible happens to one of the Clan cats, and then something leaves the reader heart-broken.

Meanwhile, Firestar, the great leader of ThunderClan and his Clan suffers to survive. while Twoleg monsters (bulldozers and other machines) keep on tearing apart the forest.

I think this book is really good and has many evnets that keeps the reader intersted. I finished this book in less than a day. I couldn't put the book down. But this book is also really sad.

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GREAT STORIES; AVERAGE STORYTELLING
A Big Disappointment
Betrayal and Turmoil on the new Frontier
Amazing
Cliche characters and nanotech as window dressing only

Moonrise
Ben Bova
Manufacturer: Avon Books (T)
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0380973022

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Ben Bova has a way of writing hard science fiction that can best be described as "definitive." While other writers introduce technology that could be developed under the right set of circumstances, Bova tends to write about advances that we're already capable of, if only we pursued them. In Moonrise he describes a future where space has finally been privatized and the moon is on the brink of becoming fertile commercial ground. But even as former astronaut Paul Stavenger seeks to turn a handful of leftover government moon shelters into a full-fledged moonbase, powerful corporate forces are aligning against him.

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There is a dream called Moonbase, nurtured by ex-astronaut Paul Stavenger and his wife, Joanna Masterson Stavenger, head of the powerful Masterson Corporation.

There is a future of astonishing possibilities and vital technological development waiting on a lifeless world of astonishing contrasts, where sub-frigid darkness abuts the blood-boiling light -- a future threatened by greed and jealousy, insanity and murder.

The Moon and its mysteries have captivated the Stavenger family, and it will continue to exert its pull upon subsequent generations. For all those who experience its magnificent desolation are haunted by it eternally. Some will be doomed by its pitiless aversion to human life.

And some can never leave.

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GREAT STORIES; AVERAGE STORYTELLING.......2005-03-11

I shall write of both "Moonrise" and "Moonwar."

These are the stories of Moonbase, a permanent lunar settlement built by an American corporation in the mid-21st century. These tales chronicle the political and societal tension wrought by unpopular scientific endeavors, and the unforeseen consequences thereof. The books portray a future wherein a new fascism creeps across the entire globe, embraced by a superstitious public, and at dire odds with the free-thinking scientists living on the Moon--men and women who journeyed there to escape the shackles of Earthside ignorance and fear. You will find intrigue, betrayal, villainy, sexual bartering, rugged individualism, and even love within these books' pages.

But Ben Bova's vocabulary is disappointing. His dialog is often uninspired and even predictable. His narrative, his pacing, his exposition, his character development, and even his plot development are all very Saturday matinee. Even worse, his understanding of relationships is shallow.

But what gets these books off the ground and keeps the reader till their last pages is Ben Bova's love of space exploration. The man fervently believes that space exploration will benefit all of mankind, and not just the bureaucrats or big business. When Ben Bova describes an exclusively astronomical scene, his passion is undeniable. In the first book, there's a scene wherein an 18-year-old walks upon the lunar surface for the first time, and it borders on epiphanous. Ben Bova brings the Moon's unique beauty into sharp focus; sometimes, you can actually feel the regolith beneath your boots. It's this passion, I believe, that makes these books worth reading--in spite of their shortfalls.

A Big Disappointment.......2004-11-01

I was in a mood for some "hard" science fiction when I was in the bookstore the other day. Remembering how much I liked Ben Bova's stuff in the past, I started looking through his newer stuff and settled on "Moonrise." Moon colonies and nanotechnology! What could be better?

Unfortunately, Bova manages to suffocate every ounce of suspense and mystery from these potentially thrilling topics with stilted dialog, boring board-room politics, contrived behaviors, and repetitive narrative.

- The first third of the book switches back and forth between the moon and earth without any obvious literary purpose, and I found this to be terribly annoying and even tedious.

- You know very soon that Greg is a murderer, so nothing he does is surprising. The only shocking aspect is how everyone lets him get away with it. For example,

- Joanna is supposed to be a savvy and disciplined corporate woman who is strong enough to edge her unbalanced son Greg out of the top position at the family aerospace corporation -- but not strong enough to do anything about the seven or eight people he's admitted killing by page 150. Then she practically lets Greg babysit her younger son Doug (the "good" one). You know, the one about whom Greg said, "Abort it!" and "Get rid of that monster you're carrying in your belly!" and so on. Joanna is not a "complex" characterization, just mind-numbingly random.

- Booze and sex are sprinkled throughout awkwardly as if some editor said, "make this PG-13." All female characters are described primarilly by how attractive they are to men. The liquor "still" on the moon is referred to in the same cut-and-paste way every time.

- What I *was* looking for -- the "geek porn" of in-depth discussion of nanotechnology and the science of making a moon base -- was there in only the most stingy quantities, like chocolate syrup on a Weight Watcher's cookie.

- The whole anti-nanomachine movement is presented like the characters in the book: mono-dimensionally, with precious little explanation or discussion of their rationale. They oppose the technology because, well, they're ignorant luddites, what do you expect they would do? This isn't really thought-provoking at all, just shallow politician-bashing and religion -baiting.

Some reviewers found this book hard to put down. I found it hard to continue to the end.

Betrayal and Turmoil on the new Frontier.......2004-02-06

In Moonrise, Ben Bova writes a good story of what could be on the Moon in the future. While it is somewhat predictable, it's still a good story.

Masterson Corperation is working on exploring and mining the Lunar surface for solar power and other minerals, and it is the dream of Paul Stavenger, retired astronout and designer of one of the compainies most profitable products, the Clippership which makes travel around the world possible in less than an hour by ships which work above the atmosphere in low orbit.

The company is in turmoil as Gregory Masterson the second dies sudenly and under questionable circumstances, and Gregory Masterson the third expects to take his place as President of the company. However, the wife of the late president nominates Paul Stavenger, her lover and fiance to the position, setting forces in motion which could tear the company apart as Gregory the second rages and plots to regain his rightfull place.

The trials and triumpsh of Moonbase, and of Nanotechnology are closly linked. Nanotechnology is opposed by an extremist religious movement which organises protests and terrorism against any who use it, Moonbase becomes the last place where it is safe to use nanites. However, even this is in danger.

Joanna Masterson/Stavenger must walk a tightrope between her son, and doing what is best for him, and her new husband, and protecting him, and later her second son, Doug Stavenger, son of Paul, from the plots of her criminally insane elder son. However, we can see where a mother's love and protection can go too far in trying to protect one who should be locked up.

In the end, it's up to Doug to save his father's legacy and dream of a future on the Moon, even if it kills him.

Amazing.......2003-11-06

This book was excellent, I couldn't put it down. I'm in the middle of reading the sequel, which I am thus far unable to put down as well. I was amazed at the end of this book and found myself disappointed that I'd finished it, because that meant I wasn't reading it anymore. The only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 was I thought the characterization could be a little better. I tried really hard to like Paul Stavenger, I really did, but I just didn't find his character to be all that sympathetic. I liked him just fine until he cheated on his wife with Melissa and it all went downhill from there. Doug was more sympathetic than Paul, but he really had the opposite problem. Paul was at least real to me, even if I didnt like his personal life. Doug is a great guy and all, but jeez, give this guy some flaws already! No one is THAT perfect. But despite the character issues, it was still a wonderful book.

Cliche characters and nanotech as window dressing only.......2003-07-11

The psycho son Greg was so boring killing everyone. I had to skim over half the book. I couldn't even finish this slop. What a waste of time? So unoriginal!!

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Did he love her?
True Stuart
A bad, bad man
Moonrise got a rise out of me!
Its like a black hole...........

Moonrise
Anne Stuart
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ASIN: 0451404769

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Did he love her?.......2007-01-05

Unpopular as I may be I have to say that this book wasn't what I expected based on all the great reviews received here. James McKinley, a very dark, dangerous man sets out to help Annie Sutherland, daughter of a man he loved as a father, find her father's killer. They are constantly pursued by assasins who want to end their lives to keep them for getting too close to the truth about an organization but the thing is that James wasn't ever really decent to Annie. How she could fall in love with such a man is beyond me. Ms. Stuart's books always have a dark and dangerous character that loves but doesn't want to admit it and protects but while this guy did protect when needed, where is the love? I have enjoyed all lf Ms. Stuart's other books especially Black Ice and Cold as Ice were favorites but this one.... not even close.

True Stuart.......2006-11-14

Now, THIS is a Stuart novel. As the other reviewers have summarised the storyline so well, I won't rehash. Suffice it to say, that this one is firmly planted on my keeper shelf and won't be going a-nowhere any time soon. 'Moonrise' is yet another example of Stuart daring to be bad, and doing it brilliantly. I've spoken previously of this author's deft touch - well, the reader can see it in all its glory here. Moreover, no-one, and I repeat no-one does the old acquaintance renewed storyline with more panache and more verisimillitude than Stuart. And while you probably wouldn't want to meet this guy in a dark alley on a moonless night! - if he somehow managed to find his way into your bedroom, well, I for one would hand him a book of Yeats and tell him to start reading ... and then let things go from there!
Brilliant stuff

A bad, bad man.......2006-08-05

I picked up this book because reviewers have said this is Anne Stuart's best work. It was definitely darker and more intense than the handful of books that I have read of hers. Even though this book was darker than I usually like, it was great.

This is taking your bad boy hero to the extreme! James is an ex-terrorist/ex-CIA agent that is a killing machine and his only weakness is Annie. The author never comes out and says it, but I believe that James has been in-love with Annie for years and in the end, he will do anything for her and to protect her.

It is hard to imagine their life beyond this book, but Stuart's books often end that way.

Moonrise got a rise out of me!.......2005-11-27

This was not a typical romance/suspense book! It was dark, exciting, a mile-a-minute adventure. James MacKinley was a killer; Annie Sunderland about the only person in the world who could get under his skin and boy, was it tough!

A 1996 book by Anne Stuart and not for the feint of heart. Very moving in many ways but not a romance that is smooth and sweet! This book had grit and one cannot put it down until the story is resolved.

Becoming a big fan of Anne Stuart's.

Its like a black hole..................2005-08-02

That pulls you in a does not let go. This book is dark and deep and not the usual romance. Its full of danger, secrets, characters the have more then one face and the reader does not know who is working behind the lines, but you know it is someone close. You dont know what is around the next corner, and you never know what is going to happen next with James and Annie and while you know some of what is going through Jame's mind, Annie has no idea what he is thinking. She also has no idea what she has gotten herself into. The reader does not know much more, so you are along for the ride with Annie. This is really a great book, just so long as you dont mind the darkness of it. Those of you who like the edge it brings to the novel will love this book. It gives you goose bumps. I love the effect these books have on me. They are the best mix of suspence, romance, darkness and danger. Wonderful book. Highly reccomended.

Phantom Stallion #14: Moonrise (Phantom Stallion)

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good but weird changes
a little disappointing
The Best Book of the Phantom Stallion Series!!
Great Phantom Stallion story!
Decent, but not great

Phantom Stallion #14: Moonrise (Phantom Stallion)
Terri Farley
Manufacturer: Avon
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ASIN: 0060583150
Release Date: 2005-02-01

Book Description

Samantha's latest adventure with her mustang friend, the phantom stallion, in the wildly popular series.

o Set in the modern day Wild West, Phantom Stallion has cowboys, horse rustlers, and mustangs – exciting new territory you can't find in any other series.

o Dedicated fan base – will appeal to fans of the Thoroughbred, Ashleigh and Saddle Club Series.

Ages 10+

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good but weird changes.......2005-08-17

ok moonshine is a good book, but in some of the recent books names have changed:
Lila kenworthy-leah
sundance(jeds horse)-sundown
calla thurston-tharston or a typo if im mistaken
its kind of stupid though...an author forgetting her characters names???????????????

a little disappointing.......2005-04-24

This book was a little disappointing. Of course I'm sure she'll continue in the next book but I wanted to know what happened to Blaze and the other dogs in this book instead of having to buy the other one in a couple of months. I like most of the phantom stallion books although this one defintley wasn't my favorite it was still a good book. In real life I do own a mustang and I might get a wild one soon. I can't wait till the other books come out and I can learn about one of the newer books that are coming out in November and September(Firefly is one of the books names). I think Terri is a very talented writer and I hope she continues writing books. The other book that is coming out is Mountain Mare.

The Best Book of the Phantom Stallion Series!!.......2005-04-06

Terri Farley once again writes an exciting story about both wild and tame mustangs and the young girl who loves them. Her writing makes you feel like you actually there experiencing everything that the main character, a 14 year old girl named Sam, does.

Great Phantom Stallion story!.......2005-03-07

Leigh-I agree with you. The story's end was a bit unconclusive. But it wasn't just bringing in a couple of cows. Sam worked hard to become a buckaroo, as we saw in this book. I imagine that this book might lead into Kidnapped Colt-#15. I believe we'll either start off exactly where we left off, or we'll hear about what happend. Terri will probably explain what happend with the Sherrif and Slocum, but the dogs will probably still be a problem. This is the first book which really gives us some clues into the future (she has recently exteneded the series into 26). I'm sure the dogs will come back into play, and Blaze will probably still be missing at the start of the first book, something that will tie into the plot. We also have yet to find out about what Jen said about the man Slocum hired to help with the dogs, and said he wasn't a real cowboy. In Terri's writing style, she never leaves wholes open unless there is a good reason, it must tie into the plot later.

I give this story 5 stars because it shows Sam feeling the rage at Slocum I've been feeling throughout the series. She also truely learns to be a buckaroo, which is a big improvement! The best part is that we learn more about New Moon, the Phantom's son. There are sure to be more battles between them. I can't wait to read what the next one brings!

Decent, but not great.......2005-02-11

First, I would like to say that I overall enjoy the Phantom Stallion series a great deal. I own and have read all of the books that are currently out and will continue to do so. However, I think the series is going downhill a bit with the last few books.

In this particular book the ending is well......very lacking. I mean, nothing is solved or changes! The whole book is about how worried Samantha is about these dangerous hunting dogs that keep getting loose and how they might hurt the wild horse foals or ranch animals. Slocum (who is getting to be more and more unrealistic in his "villainy") owns the dogs. The dogs keep showing up and harassing the horses, the ranch dog Blaze disappears, and Slocum keeps letting the dogs get away. However, Samantha all the sudden is working hard on learning to rope so she can round up stray cows. While out there, she finds Linc Slocum stuck in a big crater unable to get out. There is no problem with that, but at the end of the book, she and Jennifer bring back some cows to their fathers and that is end. Nothing else happens. The dogs (which were STILL out there running loose at the end of the book) are still a problem, but Samantha never seems to remember because she is so proud about bringing in a few cows and being a "buckaroo". Blaze is not found. They never even say if they rescue Linc safely, etc. The book just stops with none of the big problems solved. I found that rather annoying and disappointing. I was not expecting Samantha to shoot the dogs or anything, but to have nothing solved at the end except that she managed to herd some cows was an empty, meaningless ending to me. So what that Slocum was in trouble? That solved none of the problems and he is probably going to be even worse to deal with now.

That said, the book was still well written with good description and all. That was the main reason I gave it three stars. It was easy to read, good with imagery, and started well. It was just the anticlimactic ending that upset me personally.

Moonrise: Book Three of the Snowfall Trilogy (Snowfall)

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Great, but not as great as #1
A major disappointment!
Brilliant
It's another slooow Moonrise!
terrific climatic apocalypse science fiction

Moonrise: Book Three of the Snowfall Trilogy (Snowfall)
Mitchell Smith
Manufacturer: Tor Books
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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ASIN: 0765340593
Release Date: 2005-02-01

Book Description

The World is FrozenCivilization survives in pockets of warmth, most notably in the vast, Mississippi-based Middle Kingdom of North America and in glacier-covered Boston. Boston, where high technology that borders on magic is used to create the "moonrisen," people with the genes of animals. Boston, which looks at the growing strength of Middle Kingdom, united under the brilliant King and Commander, Sam Monroe, and sees a time when Boston will not rule. A coup destroys Middle Kingdom's royal family, save for young Prince Bajazet. With Boston's minions in pursuit, before long Baj is Prince no longer, just a man on the run. His saviours are three of the moon's children, who are conspiring with the surviving northern Tribes to overthrow Boston. Baj has no choice-he must side with the rebels or die.

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Great, but not as great as #1.......2005-02-02

This book suffers in comparison to book #1, but then as compared to the garbage next to it on the scifi/fantasy shelves its grand stuff. Very different tone and setting but still excellent writing and great characters

A major disappointment!.......2004-10-07

I liked this authors previous books so well I took a chance and bought Moonrise in hardback. A big mistake. Although I can highly recommend the two previous books (Snowfall and Kingdom River), I can't do the same for this book. It does not follow the protagonist from the previous two books, it is extremely slow, and it writes of sex with a genetically altered; albeit intelligent; animal/human. I found this to be distasteful, as I did other parts of this book. If this was a paperback book, I would throw it in the trash. If you want a really great postapocalyptic book, buy "Dies the Fire", by S. M. Stirling instead.

Brilliant.......2004-08-22

A slow book? I had to take a break reading it because I was out of breath. There are incredible chase sequences through dense forests, an glacier climbing scene that made me dizzy, memorable characters, and a devilishly well-imagined plot. And Smith is a heck of a writer. Sometimes, his language seems Shakespearean.

This is easily the finest part of the trilogy. I think it could be read as a standalone, but the other two inform this one and are definitely worth reading.

It's another slooow Moonrise!.......2004-07-30

As much as I liked the 1st book of this trilogy, these last 2 have left me bored.
As much as I liked the 1st Snowfall novel, these last two pale by comparison. Too slow and cumbersome to read. But I absolutely loved the 1st one! Why can't these other two be as good - or better?!
I loved the idea and synopsis of this one better than the 2nd novel, but it came up way short. Not a fast-moving novel at all.

terrific climatic apocalypse science fiction.......2004-04-03

His life has been one of a prince though his father the Khan was defeated by the couple who ultimately raised him (see KINGDOM RIVER). He is second in line to the throne. However, when King Sam Monroe and his Queen Rachel die in an apparent boating accident in the Gulf and the heir Prince Newton is assassinated twenty years old Bajaret does not receive the crown; instead he flees for his life. Bajaret knows that if his enemies catch him he is dead.

In a nearby forest where he is now the hunted, Bajaret meets people reengineered in the Boston labs beneath the ice. Richard who is more beast than human; sly Nancy, and cold hearted Errol demand that Bajazet aid them in their efforts to destroy Boston, a place where evil rules. Bajazet would prefer to hide, but also learns that the Bostonians plan to attack his beloved Middle Kingdom, currently in chaos caused by the royal deaths. He begins to question whether conspiratorial murders occurred.

This terrific science fiction occurs approximately six centuries after Jupiter' orbit changed causing a new ice age (see SNOWFALL). The story line is action packed but makes the climatic apocalypse world seem so real. Mitchell Smith augments that feeling of realism with the deaths of some of the heroes. Fans of futuristic tales will be reminded of the Sterling Lanier's Hiero novels with this wonderful trilogy.

Harriet Klausner

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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941
Ansel Adams
Manufacturer: Bulfinch
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Binding: Poster

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Moonrise (Harlequin Historical, No 290)
Ana Seymour
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ASIN: 0373288905

Moonrise: One Family, Genetic Identity, and Muscular Dystrophy

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bravery in the flesh
Everything happens for a reason
Inspiring
a good book for all ages (exept maybe little kids)
Beautiful writing

Moonrise: One Family, Genetic Identity, and Muscular Dystrophy
Penny Wolfson
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press
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Moonrise is a heartrending memoir about Penny Wolfson's family, her son Ansel (now seventeen years old), and his pro-gressive disability, caused by the genetic disease Duchenne muscular dystrophy. For more than a hundred years after the French neurologist G.A.B. Duchenne first described this devasta-ting dis-order, research had produced few answers about the origin or the cure. But between the end of 1986 and the be-ginning of 1988-just before Ansel's diagnosis-the Duchenne gene was isolated and sequenced, and accurate prenatal testing became available. As Wolfson traces her son's development and the impact of his disability on her world view, questions about the disease-causing mutation persist: What does knowledge of the self on a molecular level mean? Is genetic self-knowledge our goal now, just as knowledge of the psyche was in the last century? Moonrise is an essential contribution to the dialogue about genetics, as well as a deeply moving story about a remarkable child and his family.

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bravery in the flesh.......2004-03-29

This book should appeal to readers who value the hard, loving truth-telling ability of the author, the mother of Ansel, a child with muscular dystrophy. I first read her essay of the same name in Best American Essays, and the book delivered a more edgy, tough potrait of the family. Admirable, credible, and hopeful, the mother is one tough customer, and so is her son. That is the key to surviving and thriving despite the woes of this debilitating, chronic illness. Ansel and his mom (and dad, and siblings) are a real family, in the best sense of the word.

Everything happens for a reason.......2003-05-29

...I was curious and did read it. And I am very glad that I did. You are a very strong person and have been both a great mother and great friend for Ansel. I was touched and moved by how honestly you expressed your ongoing thoughts and feelings towards the disease and the struggle to deal with it as a mother, a wife and a friend. Indeed it is sad that Ansel or anyone for that matter has to suffer such an illness in life, but not everyone is as lucky to have a mother as strong, defiant and loyal as you, who has such a powerful means of expressing herself through writing. Your whole family must be very proud of you, especially Ansel. I am also impressed by your observations and descriptions of Ansel and how brave and strong he has been all of his life....Ansel is an optimistic skeptic, and brave at that (his will not to give up, I noticed, was something he inherited from you). Many of us, including myself, can learn from someone like him. And in the words of Ansel, "everything happens for a reason."

Inspiring.......2003-04-04

Moonrise is a powerful book, beautifully written, full of forceful oppositions-health and disability, despair and joy, science and poetry. Were it a writer's imagined construct, it might be considered too calculated, too balanced between the life forces we control and those that control us. However, Moonrise is not a novel, rather a book that recalls the truism that life can be stranger than fiction. Penny Wolfson has written from the depths of her own experience a perfect parable, an inspiring story of the life of her son Ansel, rich in humor, strikingly full of unnerving Dantean imagery, and imbued with tremendous pathos. Though ostensibly concerned with Duchenne's muscular dystrophy, Moonrise is actually a story about the condition of life and its inherent struggles, speaks to anyone who ponders the eternal mysteries of why we live and how we live. In addition to describing the sobering details of genetic determinism and the wrenching realities of watching a child's body degenerate, Wolfson analyses and celebrates family and all its myriad complexities.

a good book for all ages (exept maybe little kids).......2003-03-14

let me let you know, take me seriously with the stars, I really love the book. Penny sounds like someone very kind to everyone and everything, she treats everyone the right way. I still think you won't take me seriously, but you're probably right ignoring me.

Beautiful writing.......2003-03-07

This book starts out more like a mystery or spy novel than the memoir it is. We are first introduced to the author, her husband and baby in a poetic first chapter. Next we are introduced to the "villain" (which turns out to be the genetic disease muscular dystrophy) only later to find out that it is not only slowly killing her beautiful child Ansel, but is also hiding inside her newly pregnant sister! We are then led through various vignettes where she describes her son's diagnosis, various treatments, and his transformation from an unusually attractive baby into a disabled child. Wolfson also describes her quest to understand the genetics of this disease where she not only gains insight into its biochemistry but also into the complicated history and dynamics of her own family. As the book concludes we find yet another transformation of Ansel from a troublesome disabled child to a quirky, intellectually gifted teenager. When I got to the end of the book I wanted another chapter to tell me what happens next to this remarkable mother and son. I was left feeling very moved, not with pity but with admiration. Talk about turning a bunch of lemons into lemonade! Anyone with chronic disease lurking in their family (and who doesn't) has got to read this book.

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Moonrise
Erin Hunter
Manufacturer: Harper Trophy
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Binding: Paperback
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Moonrise over Europe: J.C. Dahl and Romantic Landscape
Paul Spencer-Longhurst
Manufacturer: Philip Wilson Publishers
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Binding: Hardcover

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