cover image Voices from the Moon P

Voices from the Moon P

Andre Dubus. Crown Publishers, $6.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-517-55846-1

This short novel begins with Greg Stowe's announcement that he plans to marry his son Larry's ex-wife. In the 24 hours thereafter, the Stowes's complex interrelationships are thrown into perspective and they come to understand that the love they share as a family is more important than whatever pain each has inflicted on another. PW admired Dubus's ability to ""illuminate the thoughts and feelings of ordinary people in sensitive, deliberately down-to-earth prose.'' November