The Moon Over Lake Elmo

by Steve Thayer and Marisa Crane

Book Overview

An emotional father-daughter story from the New York Times bestselling author of The Weatherman, Thayer's tale spans generations and touches on war, modern values and the L.A. riots.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451203739
• ISBN13: 9780451203731
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: New American Library
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Something to think about!

The diary style used in this book is not new. Other good books have been diaries and the relationship between the three main characters gives the reader something to think about. Several reviewers mentioned problems with the shift in times and characters but that is the way real life is. We all experience memories and thoughts of the future while experiencing the present. Steve Thayer helps the reader out by using different fonts for each character. This is a short novel that weaves the stories of three lives and how they intertwine. It also raises issues that are of importance. It is hard to tell a good story in 150 pages, but this author does it. As for missing details, I feel that is for the reader to fill in. A willingness to create a relationship with this novel rather than to simply read the words is a key part of the experience. The author invites the reader to think and connect the dots. I liked that!

Moon Over Lake Elmo...

Moon Over Lake Elmo is a novel that you have to read very carefully to fully appreciate it's contents. The book is not written in a sequence of events or narrated, it is composed of letters written from the main character to his daughter and of journal entries varying in dates from the 1950's to the 1990's. I think Steve Thayer does a good job of portraying an American family and all the problems they go through in fairly good detail. Millions of Americans come from broken homes as divorce is no longer as uncommon as it was in past times, so many readers can relate to these types of problems with relative ease. The fact that the book is written out of journal entries & letters gives the reader a very personal insight into what someone might go through in such a situation. It is a good read, in my opinion, and I would reccomend it.

reguards to Oldnouseco's review "family healing"

the review taht i read "family healing" really hit the button. i couldnt have said it better my self. really it is a great book. and if you really think about it, it is about a fathers love for his daughter.

My thoughts on this book

My view on this book is that it was different from what i have ever read.Steven Thayer did not introtuced the characters only to the end of the book.He also keeps the story mostly in the past refering to what to each person happend.I like the way he has made an descriptoin of the areas in the book refering to a certain point in time that has happened.I agree with the other revew in saying that it was some what of athriller of events .Steven Thayer took a different style of writing which is a good thing.

Family healing

This little book is an artfully constructed account of family healing with three voices. A grandfther's diary, a father's letters and his young daughter's diary bring together a story of love and reconnection. This is a quick read and worth the time spent.