Tear-a-Page
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Authors pages
    • Marketing
    • Booking agencies
  • List of Events
  • Reviews A-C
    • Kathleen Rice Adams
    • David Alkek, M.D.
    • Andy Andrews
    • Janice Baca
    • Josephine Bailey
    • Nancy Baku and Pama Monfries
    • Barbara Dumas Ballew
    • David A. Bedford
    • Michael English Bierwiler
    • Parris Afton Bonds
    • Laurie Boris
    • Janet Boyanton
    • Stephanie Burkhart
    • Melodie Campbell
    • Carrell Chadwell
    • Alex Cord
  • Reviews D - G
    • Rita Dear
    • Terrell Dunnum
    • Susan K. Earl
    • Laura Eckroat
    • Rachel Edmiston
    • Ken Farmer and Buck Stienke
    • Kat Flannery
    • Kat Flannery and Alison Bruce
    • Keri Diane Fry
    • Fred Funk
    • Harry E. Gilleland, Jr
    • Sherri Godsey
  • Reviews H - L
    • Daryl Ross Halencyk
    • Jeff Hampton
    • Lynne Handy
    • Carolyn Hedgecock and the Rising Authors
    • BJ House
    • Doran Inghram
    • Doran Ingrham with Ken Farmer and Buck Stienke
    • Jean and Mary James
    • Lewis Mansfield Johnson
    • Robert Koger
    • Janann Krauel
    • John Lance
    • Sue Latham
    • Bonnie Bartel Latino and Bob Vale
  • Reviews M - R
    • James Martines
    • James Martinez
    • Beverly Stowe McClure
    • Robert McFarland
    • Mike McNair
    • Frank Mills (aka Rebecca Nugent)
    • Ginger Neilson
    • Tom Nolette
    • Cindy Nord
    • Kimberly Packard
    • James N. Patrich and J. Victor Tomaszek
    • Ryan Petty
    • Evonna Rains
    • Eliza Beth Rawlins
    • Livia and James Reasoner
    • Debbie Reece
    • Frank Allan Rogers
    • Lucia St Clair Robson
    • Kathleen M. Rodgers
    • Janina Rossiter
    • Maranda Russell
  • Reviews S - T
    • J.A. Sanderlin
    • Diane Shapely-Box
    • Lynn Sheffield Simmons
    • Marcia J. Sargent
    • Ben Sheppard
    • Elaine Fields Smith
    • Kat Smith
    • Prairie Rose
    • Steefen (aka Steven Campbell)
    • Robert Thornhill
  • Reviews U - Z
    • Jeanette Vaughn
    • David Vince
    • Peri Weaks
    • Crystal Wood
    • Robyn Wheeler
    • Vivian Gilbert Zabel

Wild Goose Moon

Picture
    Wild Goose Moon is not the type of fiction that I normally like to read, but I did enjoy this one.  1968 is my era therefore much of it was familiar to me. 

          “Tom opened the door of Room 332 McCartney Hall.  His new roommate stood in the middle of the long, narrow room between the two beds that nestled against either wall. … He instantly presumed that this was the face and carriage of a fellow traveler whose prescription for dealing with the world, its conventions and its inconsistencies, was, like his own, a generous dollop of irreverence seasoned with whimsy.”

          So begins the ‘coming of age’ story about Tom Windham during his sophomore year at Wesleyan Southern University.  It covers his upbringing in East Texas, his relationships with friends and family in the year 1968.  It is the year he reflects on his past and evaluates his traditional East Texas values.  Tom’s journey is filled with self evaluation and “roads less traveled.” He has to deal with love, death and friendship amidst the changes in the national attitude about sex, race, war, women and religion. 
        Wild Goose Moon is good reading. I recommend it to those who lived through the 60’s and everyone else who needs to learn about them. The book is well written. The storyline is cohesive and riveting.  You will want to read it straight through to find out what happens next.  Then, you will want a sequel to find out what happens in the lives of the characters next.
        Wild Goose Moon is the  2011 NTBF Awards Winner in adult fiction, presented at the North Texas Book Festival on April 16, 2011 at the Center for the Visual Arts.