Barbara J. Dzikowski

The Last Moon Before Home

"A thoroughly moving and engaging read."
- BlueInk Review
(starred review)

"Dzikowski brings a steady authorial hand to this poignant and approachable family tale."
- BookLife by Publishers Weekly (Editor's pick)

"A complex and engrossing family tale with strong characters."
- Kirkus Reviews

"In a season where we ourselves feel suspended in time, this story speaks directly to the power of home and family, and to the poignancy of life as we face mortality."
- Anne Eliot Feldman, for BookTrib

"The story is at once haunting and hopeful and maintains this strong energy until its lovely conclusion."
- The BookLife Prize

Barbara J. Dzikowski
Fiction Author

Barbara J. Dzikowski credits the combination of her love of philosophy and her training/experience in counseling as her inspiration for writing fiction about ordinary people whose lives reveal extraordinary truths. She believes that, most of all, fiction should be a truth-teller. Authors who have wildly inspired her include Elizabeth Strout, Anne Tyler, and Carson McCullers. After living on both U.S. coasts, she resides in her native Midwest.

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Barbara J. DzikowskiFiction Author

Barbara J. Dzikowski
Fiction Author