A Thousand Moons by Sebastian Barry follows Winona Cole, an orphaned child of the Lakota Indians, who finds herself growing up in an unconventional household on a farm in west Tennessee. She is raised by her adoptive parents John Cole and Thomas McNulty, after the killing of her family in the Civil War. Winona struggles to confront her assault while searching for redemption and love. The novel explores themes of home, guilt, hope, escapism, and identity.
Sebastian Barry started his career as a playwright in his thirty-first year and did not achieve wide acclaim until his fortieth year, when The Steward of Christendom (1995), had a sellout run in the R...
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