Category Archives: Duncan, Pamela

Pamela Duncan. The Big Beautiful. New York: Dial Press, 2007.

This sequel to Moon Women continues when Cassandra Moon skips out on her wedding, jumps in the limousine and races away from her groom, her family, and the North Carolina mountains. Her escape does not go smoothly, however, and she … Continue reading

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Pamela Duncan. Moon Women. New York: Delacorte Press, 2001.

The “Moon women” are three generations of women of the Moon family in western North Carolina. Ruth Ann Moon’s life changes suddenly when her mother and her daughter move in with her. Her mother, the family matriarch Marvelle Moon, is … Continue reading

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Pamela Duncan. Plant Life. New York: Delacorte Press, 2003.

This novel is largely the story of a group of women who work in the textile mill in the fictional Piedmont town of Russell, N.C. The town and its residents are seen through the fresh perspective of newly divorced Laurel … Continue reading

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