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Raven Stole the Moon: A Novel by Garth Stein
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Raven Stole the Moon: A Novel (edition 2010)

by Garth Stein

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Jenna Rosen returns to a remote Alaskan town to discover that her son's death is shrouded in legend. Armed with only her maternal instincts Jenna's quest for the truth is about to lead her into a terrifying and life-changing abyss.
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Title:Raven Stole the Moon: A Novel
Authors:Garth Stein
Info:Harper Paperbacks (2010), Paperback, 464 pages
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Raven Stole the Moon by Garth Stein

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Intriguing. Jenna, two years after her son's drowning, returns to Alaska not sure what she's seeking. She returns to her grandmother's house & interacts with the Tlingit, sifting through the beliefs of her ancestors, including the kushtaka - the shape shifting otter. I particularly liked the belief that nothing is good vs evil...it just is ( )
  nancynova | Dec 26, 2021 |
A grieving mother returns to the place where she lost her son looking for closure. Filled with the Haida folklore of the kushtaka, creating a mystical setting. ( )
  poetreegirl | Nov 19, 2018 |
Garth Stein published Raven Stole the Moon more than a decade before The Art of Racing in the Rain became a New York Times Bestseller. The jacket summary intrigued me: a Seattle woman grieving the loss of her five-year-old son returns to her ancestral hometown in Alaska where she is confronted by Tlingit spirits.

I wanted to enjoy Raven Stole the Moon more than I did. I found that I could not relate to main character Jenna as much as I related to the dog narrator of The Art of Racing in the Rain. I suspect this is due to a combination of Stein’s inexperience as novelist at the time and the fact that he’s a man. Sometimes male writers have trouble realistically creating female characters (and vice versa, I’m sure.) In some ways, the plot was predictable and both Jenna and her husband’s choices irritated me. The supernatural aspects to the story didn’t quite work for me either. ( )
  keneumey | Jun 4, 2014 |
This is an early book of Stein's (1998) that was re released after the phenomenal success of The Art of Racing in the Rain (2008). I loved racing, but this book is disjointed, unfocused, and just awful. It started out okay, but quickly got murky. This attests how ten years makes a big difference in a writer's skill. ( )
  Lauralmoe | Jan 10, 2014 |
I read this a few years ago but the new cover tricked me. Scary read as you can almost see this happening. ( )
  bead-nut | Jun 5, 2013 |
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Akakoschi! (See!)
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For my mother, who taught me how to tell a story
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She closed her eyes and held herself under the water.
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Jenna Rosen returns to a remote Alaskan town to discover that her son's death is shrouded in legend. Armed with only her maternal instincts Jenna's quest for the truth is about to lead her into a terrifying and life-changing abyss.

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