Once, in a Town Called Moth (Hardcover)

from WLR11

I received a hardcover copy of Trilby Kent's novel "Once in a Town Called Moth", compliments of LibraryThing's Early Reviewers program and appreciated the opportunity. This fictional novel shares the story of Ana, who was raised in a small Mennonite community in Boliva. At age 14, her father abru...

from True54Blue

Anneli has been abruptly removed from her life in a Mennonite colony in Bolivia and relocated to Toronto, Canada. The story alternates from telling her current story in Toronto to her past story in Bolivia with the promise of revealing what she doesn't remember or didn't know because of her age. ...

from dketelsen

I received a free copy of this book from GoodReads. I was quite impressed with this book and read it very quickly. The author, Trilby Kent, has a very deft touch in this quiet character study of a 14-year old Mennonite girl whose father has removed her from her Bolivian home in a Mennonite commun...

from xaverie

Once in a Town Called Moth is the kind of book you give a teenager if you want to introduce them to Canadian literature. The premise is interesting enough: a young teenage girl and her father leave their small Mennonite community in Bolivia and settle in Toronto. Why they left is a major thread o...

from BethanyLynnFox

Ana grew up in a Mennonite community in Bolivia with her father, until her father relocated them to Toronto. Ana and her father search for her mother who had left the family when Ana was five. While searching for her mother, Ana learns secrets about her father and why they had to leave Bolivia. T...