Betty Louise Bell
Faces in the Moon is the story of three generations of Cherokee women, as viewed by the youngest, Lucie, a woman who has been able to use education and her imagination to escape the confines of her rootless, impoverished upbringing. When her motherâ€™s illness summons her back to Oklahoma, Lucie finds herself confronted with the legacy of a childhood she has worked hard to separate from her adult self.,Her mother, Gracie, and her maternal aunt, Auney, are members of the Cherokeesâ€™ "lost generation," women who rejected the traditional rural ways in search of a more glamorous life as autonomous working women.
Fiction,Womens
Faces in the Moon: A Novel