Shoot the Moon
Author: Billie Letts
From one of America’s best-loved storytellers – the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller WHERE THE HEART IS – comes a tale of a small Oklahoma town and the mystery that has haunted its residents for years. In 1972, windswept DeClare, Oklahoma, was consumed by the murder of a young mother, Gaylene Harjo, and the disappearance of her baby, Nicky Jack. When the child’s….Read More
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