“The Brightest Moon of the Century,” a Novel, Wins Three 2009 “Best” Awards
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) January 7, 2010
“The Brightest Moon of the Century,” a comic novel about Edward, a young Minnesotan blessed with “experience,” has landed at the top of three 2009 Best Books lists. Edward needs a place in the universe, but he also wants an understanding of women. He stumbles into romance in high school and college, whirls into a tornado of love problems as a mini-mart owner in a trailer park in Alabama, and aims for a film career in Los Angeles.
First, Wendy Runyon, the Literary Feline at Musings of a Bookish Kitty, selected the novel as one of ten best of 2009. In her review, she says that, “Christopher Meeks is well on his way to becoming one of my favorite authors…. What I got most out of this wonderful novel is a sense of hope. Life is full of bumps in the road, and those bumps make us stronger.” You can see her full list by going to: http://www.literaryfeline.com/2009/12/2009-year-in-review.html
Second, Sam Sattler at the website Book Chase also placed The Brightest Moon of the Century in his top ten books, which also includes books by Pete Dexter and Jon Krakauer. Sattler says, “Meeks’s characters, and his slightly off-centered view of life, continue to remind me of John Irving’s early work, definitely a good thing.” You can read more by going to: http://bookchase.blogspot.com/2009/12/best-books-of-2009.html
Third, “The Brightest Moon of the Century” won a Noble (not Nobel) Award in MyShelf.com’s seventh annual end-of-the-year awards, created by Carolyn Howard-Johnson in her “Back to Literature” column. In listing the award, Howard-Johnson says, “If the world is just, Christopher Meeks is destined to be widely read.” To read more about the Noble Awards, go to: http://www.myshelf.com/backtoliterature/column.htm
Over two dozen critics gave positive reviews for the novel in 2009. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune wrote, “Meeks has managed to put together a thoughtful, fresh-feeling portrait of how we become who we are.”
Grady Harp, a top-ten reviewer at Amazon.com, says the novel “reaches out to the reader in a way that offers an honest invitation to relive our own growing years… Along the way in Edward’s journey, the author takes time to pause and offer poignant philosophy.”
“This is a quiet yet powerful piece of literature,” says Heather Figearo in the website Raging Bibliomania. “[Edward’s] joy becomes your own, and his calamities compel you. This is a tremendous feat for an author.”
BookGeeks in England says, “Unpretentious and deeply human, the normalcy and everyman nature of the novel give it its power.”
For more information on “The Brightest Moon of the Century,” or a review copy for reviewers, contact White Whisker Books at (323) 344-7132 or write Christopher Meeks at chrismeeks(at)gmail(dot)com.
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