Lillies in Moonlight
by: Allison Pittman
Taking place in the mid-1920’s, this novel is centered around a young woman named Lily Margolis. She wants to find love in some way, but the problem is that she looks for love in all the wrong places. She takes on the “flapper” role from American history and her thinking is to use her God-given beauty to get men to give her free things. She lies, cheats, steals, gets drunk, whatever it takes to get what she wants.
One night she ends up on the lawn of a local wealthy family. She is discovered by the housekeeper and soon meets the rest of the family, the horribly-scarred Cullen Burnside, injured in the Great War, and his mother, Betty Ruth, who is falling further into dementia. Cullen and Betty Ruth’s lives are full of sadness, regret, and an understanding that life is not really worth living. Lilly’s lifestyle quickly shows them that life is fun and maybe even worthwhile. In return they show her that love can be real and the beauty of having a loving family.
Even though Lily is a flapper and seemingly trouble she has a hurt spirit that makes the reader care. I found Cullen to be a confusing character in the beginning; it took me a while to understand him. He didn’t approve of Lily at first and was very guarded to trust anyone. It is hard to really discover a character in a book when you have one so guarded and untrusting. For me this book was really hard to get into. I was not drawn towards the history of the time period and finding the characters hard to relate to had me putting this book down several times. For someone interested in the time period this might be a good read, although it may be just another story and not one so memorable.
**I received this book free from Waterbrook Multnomah Publishers in exchange for my honest review. I would like to thank Allison Pittman and Waterbrook Multnomah for this opportunity**
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