Her dad is the man her mother married when Emaline was three her father is the man she barely had a relationship with until he began to take an interest in her academic achievements. However, she did end up pregnant with Emaline, which sent her life on a different course than she expected, leaving her with few options beyond Colby. Like most of these relationships, it didn't last. She was a local, he was a wealthy tourist kid from New York. Emaline's mother had a whirlwind relationship with her father as a teenager. See, Emaline's dad and Emaline's father aren't the same people. There's a difference between the words father and dad.
Her biological father too thinks that Emaline should be thinking bigger, and lets her know so when he arrives in Colby with her young half brother in tow. He has big dreams and believes Emaline's been thinking too small regarding her future. Then she meets Theo, who's spending the summer in Colby working on a documentary about a highly-regarded artist from the town. She helps her mom, dad, grandmother and half sisters run the family's summer home rental business and has a good life in her small town. She's headed there with longtime boyfriend Luke, who's a fun, crazy about Emaline, fun and comfortable. It's the summer before college and despite getting into Columbia, she's headed to a nearby state school, thanks to a full scholarship.
The Moon and More is narrated in first-person by Emaline, who lives in Colby, the fictional North Carolina town that will be familiar to long-time Dessen readers (it's based on Emerald Isle, N.C.). Despite what the back cover summary may indicate, this is less a summer romance, and more of an introspective journey. Dessen's latest, The Moon and More, offers exactly that, but with a bit of a fresh flavor, since it heads in a different direction than her books typically do.
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