Man in the blue moon

Description:

While the world is embroiled in World War I, Ella fights her own personal battle to keep the mystical Florida land that has been in her family for generations from the hands of an unscrupulous banker. When a mysterious man arrives at Ella’s door in an unconventional way, he convinces her he can help her avoid foreclosure, and a tenuous trust begins. But as the fight for Ella’s land intensifies, it becomes evident that things are not as they appear. Hypocrisy and murder soon shake the coastal town of Apalachicola and jeopardize Ella’s family.

subjects: World War I,  Southern small town,  Right of property,  Single mothers,  Fiction,  Flu Epedimic,  APALACHICOLA (FLA.),  Secrets,  Family life,  Single-parent families,  Strangers,  HISTORICAL FICTION,  RIGHT OF PROPERTY,  Swindlers and swindling,  FICTION,  Friendship,  SINGLE MOTHERS,  Large type books

People: Pat Conroy,  Alice Hoffman

Places: Apalachicola (Fla.) Pensacola,  Panama City

Times: 1918