The story is set in Maple Rock, a small town near Detroit, that gets hit with econimical troubles in the early 2000s (the so-called naughties). The fathers up and leave one after the other, leaving their families in confusion as to where they disappear to. One of them leaves a written note saying that he will be going to the moon. From then on the people of Maple Rock think of them as having gone to the moon.The book focuses on Michael, one of the left behind sons who has to come to terms with living in a community where teenage boys like himself suddenly have (or want) to act like adults - getting jobs and going out for drinks.
The struggle of the mothers to adapt to this new reality is burdened with the worry that one day their sons too will disappear. The years go by and life becomes something resembling normalcy again unthil the now grown-up sons have families of their own and they start feeling the pull of the moon themselves.
Decent read.
7/10
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