title: The Dark and the Light Side of the Moon
author:  Gloria Avak Pitchell 
description: Gloria Avak Pitchell is a professional artist, vocalist, dancer, and pianist. She has written short stories and poems and this is her first novel. She studied Radiology at Saint Francis Hospital School of Radiology and studied music at Julius Hartt School of Music and painting (oil and acrylic) with Ms. Theresa Cosma and dancing with Ms. Frances Deeley. She has worked as a professional placement consultant and lives in Wethersfield, Connecticut with her husband and has two married sons and six grandchildren.
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  The Crescent Moon
  
  
  THE HOME
  
  ON THE SEASHORE
  
  THE SOURCE
  
  BABY'S WAY
  
  THE UNHEEDED PAGEANT
  
  SLEEP-STEALER
  
  THE BEGINNING
  
  BABY'S WORLD
  
  WHEN AND WHY
  
  DEFAMATION
  
  THE JUDGE
  
  PLAYTHINGS
  
  THE ASTRONOMER
  
  CLOUDS AND WAVES
  
  THE CHAMPA FLOWER
  
  FAIRYLAND
  
  THE LAND OF THE EXILE
  
  THE RAINY DAY
  
  PAPER BOATS
  
  THE SAILOR
  
  THE FURTHER BANK
  
  THE FLOWER-SCHOOL
  
  THE MERCHANT
  
  SYMPATHY
  
  VOCATION
  
  SUPERIOR
  
  THE LITTLE BIG MAN
  
  TWELVE O'CLOCK
  
  AUTHORSHIP
  
  THE WICKED POSTMAN
  
  THE HERO
  
  THE END
  
  THE RECALL
  
  THE FIRST JASMINES
  
  THE BANYAN TREE
  
  BENEDICTION
  
  THE GIFT
  
  MY SONG
  
  THE CHILD-ANGEL
  
  THE LAST BARGAIN
  
  THE END
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  # The Crescent Moon
  
  
  ### Rabindranath Tagore
  
  
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  * THE HOME
  
  
  * ON THE SEASHORE
  
  
  * THE SOURCE
  
  
  * BABY'S WAY
  
  
  * THE UNHEEDED PAGEANT
  
  
  * SLEEP-STEALER
  
  
  * THE BEGINNING
  
  
  * BABY'S WORLD
  
  
  * WHEN AND WHY
  
  
  * DEFAMATION
  
  
  * THE JUDGE
  
  
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