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From Jeannette Walls, the bestselling author of The Glass Castle, a riveting new novel about an indomitable young woman in Prohibition-era Virginia

Most folk thought Sallie Kincaid was a nobody who'd amount to nothing. Sallie had other plans.

Sallie Kincaid is the daughter of the biggest man in a small…

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1 author picked Hang the Moon as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

It was a wild-ride of a story! Wells really knows how to create tension in her storytelling. Also, Sallie, tough-as-nails, is an unforgettable character.

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