Half-Moon Scar: A Novel

In Allison Green's edgy novel Half Moon Scar, three childhood friends reunite as adults to confront their painful pasts and heal each other's emotional and physical wounds.

Amy, a lesbian academic, returns to her small Midwestern hometown of Willow Bay, Wisconsin after years away. She discovers that her old friends Gina and Gavin have learned to cope with their pasts in extreme ways that rival her own tendency toward self-mutilation. As Amy fears for Gavin's life, grappling with his anorexi...