Billie letts is the author of numerous highly acclaimed short stories and screenplays, as well as several beloved novels. It coulda been a contender an unsolved 1972 murder of a mother and disappearance of her young son in fictional declare, ok. Apr 01, 2005 listen to shoot the moon audiobook by billie letts. Mar 10, 2020 piece by piece, what emerges is a story of dashed hopes, desperate love, and a shocking act with repercussions that will cry out for justiceand redemption. Billie letts never fails to make a reader all warm and fuzzy by the end of her books. This particular edition is in a mass market paperback format. She was a professor at southeastern oklahoma state university.
Shoot the moon by billie letts in 1972, the town of declare, oklahoma, was consumed by a terrifying crime gaylene harjo a teenaged single mother was brutally murdered and her 10 month old son nicky jack harjo had disappeared. Full of the authentic heartland characters that billie letts writes about so beautifully, shoot the moon is a hypnotic tale filled with suspense and emotional truth. Originally published in 2005, shoot the moon is an excellent piece of storytelling that cannot be put down. It further establishes billie letts as an american writer to be reckoned with, an original storyteller whose words go straight to our heart. A former university professor, she lives in oklahoma. Shoot the moon billie letts, lou diamond phillips on. Although shoot the moon wasnt quite in the league of where the heart isand the honk and holler opening soon. She was married to professoractor dennis letts from 19582008 until his death.
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Aug 05, 2014 billie letts, a lateblooming writer whose debut novel, where the heart is, became a best seller after oprah winfrey endorsed it in 1998 and was the inspiration for a hollywood film, died on. When the childs pajama bottoms were found on the banks of willow creek, everyone feared nicky jack was dead, although his body was never found. Shoot the moon by billie letts, 9780446401142, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. To ask other readers questions about shoot the moon, please sign up. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or. Browse billie lettss bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. Fictiongrand central publishing and it was written by billie letts. In 1972, windswept declare, oklahoma, was consumed by the murder of a young mother, gayl. Billie letts was the new york times bestselling and awardwinning author of where the heart is, the honk and holler opening soon, shoot the moon, and made in the u. Earlier novels have touched the heart, but shoot the moon expands the.
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