Faces in the Moon is written by Betty Louise Bell. It was published in 1994. Bell describes this work as "essentially autobiographical fiction, except I have nine siblings and my mother was still alive when the book was written. Otherwise, it's pretty much from my life." The work describes Lucie Evers' homecoming and examines how she reestablishes connections with her past, her heritage, and her family.
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“There is an universal tendency among mankind to conceive all beings like themselves, and to transfer to every object, those qualities, with which they are familiarly acquainted, and of which they are intimately conscious. We find human faces in the moon, armies in the clouds; and by a natural propensity, if not corrected by experience and reflection, ascribe malice or good-will to every thing, that hurts or pleases us.”
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“For now the moon with friendless light carouses
On hill and housetop, street and marketplace,
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To crush this lucent madness of the face....”
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