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Wild Moon Rising

By: Jenny Knight
Narrated by: Zara Ramm
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'Jenny Knight's writing is brilliant – telling it like it is, full of warmth and humour' Cathy Rentzenbrink

'Powerful … A moving story of female desire, ambition and renewal' Kit de Waal

*****

A powerful and moving debut novel about coming of age again post-marriage and post-menopause.

Claire's life isn't how she thought it would be when she moves into Hunter's Moon. Her long marriage is over, her children have flown the nest, and her work as an illustrator no longer satisfies her. She isn't sure who she is now or what she wants from her life.

It wasn't always like this. Once, she had desires and ambitions.

When her octogenarian neighbour, Tansy, suffers a fall, Claire’s solitude is broken. Under the older woman’s guidance, she finds solace and a new sense of purpose in regenerating her wild garden. And as the plants grow, Claire retreads the bittersweet journey that brought her to the second half of her life.

This is a story of love. Of friendship and desire, of art and nature, of finding love for yourself and for life itself. It is a story of coming of age, once again, of giving up one’s safety net and embracing a new life beyond.

©2025 Jenny Knight (P)2025 HarperCollins Publishers Family Life Friendship Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Women's Fiction Marriage

Critic reviews

'A beautifully written tale of women who dare to dream, desire, change course, and make demands. Writing with quiet wisdom and humour, Jenny Knight gives her readers real insights into the way women live their lives.' Elissa Soave, author of Graffiti Girls

‘I loved Wild Moon Rising – it is passionate, powerful and a wonderful exemplar of how we Queenagers come into our power and wisdom in midlife. When everything we once were falls away there is space for something new, exciting and beautiful to flourish. What a book! What a writer!’ Eleanor Mills, author of Much More to Come

'Such a sensual story about the fierce blooming of midlife desire: wild, surprising, hope-giving' Tanya Shadrick

'Jenny Knight is a talented, accomplished writer with a sound understanding of craft. Her writing is brilliant – telling it like it is, and full of warmth and humour' Cathy Rentzenbrink

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I listened to the end, and I can appreciate the sentiments, but it's not much of a story. (Sorry)

A bit wishy washy

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The two narratives here are too contrasting, quite jarring and I had to give up. It’s a long book and I gave it a good 2 hours before finding myself not listening when it turned to the descriptive sexual and self pleasuring sections, wanting to hear more of the current story line.

I wanted to know how that all played out, recognising that her past impacted the present, but I didn’t enjoy those reflections, they were more of a rude interruption.

The vulgar language & story too jarring

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