Reviewed by Heather Osborne for Readers' Favorite

The Moon is Missing by Jenni Ogden is a beautifully written women’s fiction novel about Georgia Grayson, a neurosurgeon in London. When her daughter, Lara, starts asking about her biological father, Georgia struggles with what to tell her since he died in a tragic accident before Lara was even born. Then, after a panic attack while performing surgery, she seeks therapy in order to get the all-clear to operate again. What she doesn’t expect is her past coming to the forefront of her mind and memories resurfacing. In an effort to help her daughter, Georgia takes her to New Orleans where she met Lara’s father, Danny. However, while there, Hurricane Katrina strikes. What follows is a heartwarming revelation of coming to terms with the past and returning to the place where it all happened.

I truly enjoyed this novel. I felt it was well-written and the characters were immensely believable, even down to Adam, Georgia’s husband’s feelings of neglect while Georgia was going through therapy. Ogden did not shy away from the harsh realities of what can happen when someone in a family is experiencing panic attacks and trauma from the past. Katrina was a tragedy and I feel the novel really paid homage to the medical staff who worked tirelessly to make sure people were evacuated. I also loved Lara, because I feel she really exemplified the way a teenager would be in this situation, but still with an air of maturity. The Moon is Missing by Jenni Ogden is certainly a must-read for anyone who is a fan of women’s fiction, especially harkening back to the old greats such as Fern Michaels. Very well done.