The Half Moon -- Mary Beth Keane, Paperback Melany Mitchell and diabolically clever

and diabolically clever

Jonathan received the call: Michael had suffered a serious psychotic break and was in the locked ward of a psychiatric hospital

the whole family will uncover one another's secrets

and cleverest

Her short stories and essays have appeared in McSweeney's

The Half Moon -- Mary Beth Keane, Paperback Melany Mitchell and diabolically clever"An insightful, riveting study of marriage." People From the bestselling author of Ask Again, Yes, a masterful and "absorbing" (The New York Times) novel about a couple in a small town navigating the complexities of marriage, family, and longing. Malcolm Gephardt, handsome and gregarious longtime bartender at the Half Moon, has always dreamed of owning a bar. When his boss finally retires, Malcolm stretches to buy the place. He sees unquantifiable