Like the Sun Holds the Moon: A Novel Audiobook Libro.fm

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Eighteenyearold Ava Luna puts her future on hold to care for her mother in the days leading up to a risky surgery Coinciding with the seasons and cycles of the moon the four parts of this novel tackle family dynamics and mental and physical health as it follows Ava Lunas quest for independence assertiveness and wholeness
Writing in her journal Ava Luna tries to make sense of her life Her parents split when she was thirteen in a bitter divorce that tore the family apart She comforted herself by creating her own story for why they could no longer be together where she likened her mom to the moon and her dad to the sun In this delicate and magical tale Mama Moon and Papa Sun are independent forces that remain separate but can briefly exist together in harmony As her moms surgery looms Ava Luna sees the cycle begin once more as her dad lends his support and her brother Ray sets his resentments aside and they start feeling like a normal family again Adding to Ava Lunas renewed hope she has secretly rekindled a relationship with a past boyfriend Sol at the weekly contra dance her parents attended when they dated She hopes this period of alignment will last forever
Tensions mount when her mom is not recovering as planned and deepseated resentments amongst Ava Lunas family come bubbling to the surface She tries to hold the remnants of her family together but a breach of trust threatens to cause a permanent rift between everyone Ava Luna runs away in an attempt to find clarity from the moon the ocean a psychic and her lingering lost love only to find the answers in an unexpected place herself