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The Funny Moon

Chris Lincoln

Silver Medal Winner:Benjamin Franklin Award -Humor (2024)

2024 Winner, Humor, American Bookfest International Book Awards

2024 Silver Winner, Humor, IBPA Benjamin Franklin Book Award

2024 Bronze Winner, Humor/Comedy, Readers' Favorite Book Awards

2023 Finalist, Humor (Adult Fiction), Foreword INDIES


Claire is a massage therapist who can communicate with animals and talk to people on the Other Side. Wally is a burned out adman and wannabe novelist avoiding reality by obsessing on his golf game. After twenty-five years of marriage, she still loves him, but lately doesn't like him. When Wally moves out after a fight, Claire finds herself facing her fears, flaws, and fantasies, while dealing with her man-eating best friend, a wealthy older suitor, her tai chi master, and a wisecracking dog. Meanwhile, above his friend's garage, Wally imagines literary glory as he struggles to keep his one remaining client. When things unexpectedly turn in his favor, he is eager to win Claire back. But will she give up her newfound freedom to give their rocky relationship another chance?


For fans of Elinor Lipman and Jennifer Weiner, The Funny Moon is a literary romp about the challenges of marriage, self-discovery, and personal fulfillment with a New Age twist.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Rootstock Publishing
  • Publish Date: Jul 11st, 2023
  • Pages: 240
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.00in - 6.00in - 0.55in - 0.79lb
  • EAN: 9781578691388
  • Categories: Romance - Romantic ComedyHumorous - GeneralFamily Life - Marriage & Divorce

About the Author

Lincoln, Chris: - Chris Lincoln is an award-winning copywriter and creative director who has been recognized with a Clio, advertising's Oscar. He is also the author of the widely praised non-fiction book, Playing the Game: Inside Athletic Recruiting in the Ivy League (Nomad Press, 2004). His articles on sports, recreation, and the arts have appeared in New England-based magazines and newspapers. A graduate of Middlebury College and participant at the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, he lives in Vermont with his wife. The Funny Moon is his first novel.

Praise for this book

"A brisk, humorous story of a middle-aged couple in an unmoored marriage, stumbling toward safe harbor."

-Kirkus Reviews


"Janet Evanovich meets Wallace Stegner-a very funny, very well crafted novel."

-C. B. Clemency


"Highly entertaining...funny, insightful and true."

-Lorenzo di Bonaventura, producer of the Transformers film series


"The Funny Moon is a rare mix of humor, pathos, and surprise, which will draw you in, sweep you along, and keep you laughing."

-Christopher Merrill, author of Self-Portrait with Dogwood


"A whimsical, romantic romp!"

-Meg Lukens Noonan, author of The Coat Route