Moira Donovan
Writer | Novelist | Artist
Moira Donovan loves to let her imagination soar while managing to keep her feet solidly on this beautiful earth. If you don’t find her in her painting studio or at her writing desk, you will find her traipsing about along dirt paths up and down the hills surrounding her Southern California home.
Having lived between New York City, Los Angeles, and rural Vermont, Moira draws deeply from the physical landscapes and the emotions experienced in these places. Her debut novel, Crazy String, is rooted in the belief that even through fracture and grief, love remains a quiet but unstoppable force that connects us to one another.
Moira has an M.A. in English from the Bread Loaf School of English at Middlebury College and taught high school English Literature and Composition for over three decades. For the past 15 years, she has also written the weekly blog, NineCentGirl.com, in addition to publishing essays and articles in various newspapers and journals.
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Crazy String
The debut novel by Moira Donovan
Crazy String is a story about family, memory, forgiveness, and the complicated ways the past continues to shape us. Moving between the present and memories of a childhood in Vermont, the novel follows David as the version of his family’s story he has carried for years begins to unravel.
At its heart, Crazy String explores the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive, the truths we choose to remember, and what can happen when we’re finally ready to see the past differently.
” Again, congratulations, Moira. A very satisfying, old-fashioned read with people I cared about and a beginning, middle, and end. Favorite lines? This sounds too simple, but it stands for the wonderful, succinct descriptions… physical and psychological… throughout. “The place stank of stale beer, staler piss and rancid grease. Unlike the modern glass and chrome of L.A. bars, this was a true rural VT holdout” (Pg. 217). Chandleresque.” ~ David W.
Moira Donovan
Author of contemporary literary fiction and suspenseful storytelling.
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