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Turtle Moon
Turtle Moon
Dec 6, 2025 3:02 AM

Author:Alice Hoffman

Turtle Moon

When teenager Keith Rosen runs away from his Florida home - inexplicably taking along a motherless baby - his divorced mother is perplexed and terrified. she takes off on her own journey to find him. Turtle Moon follows their path in a suspenseful, beautifully written story that confirms once again the exquisite talent of Alice Hoffman.

Reviews

Hoffman writes wonderfully about the magic in our lives and in the battered, indifferent world... Magnificent

—— New York Times Book Review

A spectacular novel

—— Susan Isaacs , Washington Post Book World

A captivating and truly original novel

—— Cosmopolitan

Alice Hoffman is at the top of her form in her latest novel... The triumphs of Turtle Moon lie in its humane insights and compassionate epiphanies; its lustrous prose and its seductive landscape

—— Boston Globe

Hard to put down-full of characters who take hold of your heart

—— San Francisco Examiner

A perceptive, tears-trickling-down-the-side-of-your-nose-on-the-bus brilliant read

—— Company

Moving and intelligent

—— Independent

A poignant tale of life, love and loss

—— Mirror

Traditional, light-hearted romantic fiction at its best

—— Literary Review

Poignant and humorous

—— Now

A buoyant tale that will have you laughing and crying from start to finish

—— Woman's Journal

The twists and turns in the plot will leave you dizzy

—— New Woman

The story is original and the suspense is skilfully built. An infuriatingly enjoyable feel-good read

—— The List

An engaging and original plot

—— New Statesman
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