{"id":16760,"date":"2024-10-01T13:35:58","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T18:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/?post_type=product&#038;p=16760"},"modified":"2026-10-01T14:33:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T19:33:16","slug":"the-moon-knows-their-names","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/shop\/the-moon-knows-their-names\/","title":{"rendered":"The Moon Knows Their Names"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/books\/neville-d-frankel\"><strong>Neville D. Frankel<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>ISBN: 978-1-956921-68-7 (pbk. \/ ebook)<br \/>\n<span data-sheets-root=\"1\">978-1-956921-73-1<\/span> (casebound)<br \/>\n300 pages: $23.95 \/ 12.99 \/ 32.95<br \/>\nComing March 9, 2027 (Pre-order available)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Two young German men seeking refuge from the Holocaust land on the shores of West Africa. Over time, they forge a lifelong bond with two members of the region\u2019s native tribes. When a young boy precious to each of them is orphaned, this unlikely quartet must find a way to build a home for him together, despite a painful past that still has them in its teeth. Equal parts historical fiction and magical realism, <i>The Moon Knows Their Names <\/i>weaves suspense, deception, and the healing power of friendship into a mythic story that exposes the cost of keeping secrets from those closest to our hearts.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p3\">In Frankel\u2019s novel, men from different cultures must come together to raise a young child after a family tragedy&#8230; The real heart of the story is the depiction of relationships that grow, break, and are remade, alongside the ever-present theme of vengeance and forgiveness after trauma&#8230;A beautifully written novel about intimacy, friendships, and past suffering.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><b><i>Kirkus Reviews<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">The novel\u2019s examination of how legacies\u2014of devotion, of hate, of violence\u2014are passed through generations is compelling. The result is transfixing, a reminder of the interweaving of lives, memories, and the human experience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><b><i>Publishers Weekly<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><i>The Moon Knows Their Names<\/i>\u00a0makes one all too aware of the ugliness of history, the resilience of traditions, the impact of memory, and the inescapability of family chains. Each protagonist\u2019s viewpoint in Frankel\u2019s powerful novel allows us to explore the whole gamut of human traits \u2013 from best to worst \u2013 while leaving the reader humbled and touched by the insuperable feats love is capable of.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><b> F. K. Clementi, author of\u00a0<i>South of My Dreams<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Historical fiction meets magical realism in this work of imagination and compassion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><b>Diane Simmons, author of\u00a0<i>Kidnappers: A Love Story<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Magical, mythic and suspenseful.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><b>Regina McBride, author of\u00a0<i>The White Deer, A Novel of Anton Checkov<\/i>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/books\/neville-d-frankel\/\">Neville D. Frankel<\/a><br \/>\n9781956921687<br \/>\na mythic story that exposes the cost of keeping secrets from those closest to our hearts&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\r\n\r\n{excerpt}\r\n\r\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[17],"product_tag":[45,171,170],"class_list":["post-16760","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-dialogos","product_tag-fiction","product_tag-neville-d-frankel","product_tag-south-africa","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-variable","has-default-attributes","berocket_lgv_grid","berocket_lgv_list_grid"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Moon Knows Their Names at Lavender Ink \/ Di\u00e1logos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Two young German men seeking refuge from the Holocaust land on the shores of West Africa. Over time, they forge a lifelong bond with two members of the region\u2019s native tribes. When a young boy precious to each of them is orphaned, this unlikely quartet must find a way to build a home for him together, despite a painful past that still has them in its teeth. Equal parts historical fiction and magical realism, The Moon Knows Their Names weaves suspense, deception, and the healing power of friendship into a mythic story that exposes the cost of keeping secrets from those closest to our hearts.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/shop\/the-moon-knows-their-names\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Moon Knows Their Names at Lavender Ink \/ Di\u00e1logos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Two young German men seeking refuge from the Holocaust land on the shores of West Africa. Over time, they forge a lifelong bond with two members of the region\u2019s native tribes. When a young boy precious to each of them is orphaned, this unlikely quartet must find a way to build a home for him together, despite a painful past that still has them in its teeth. Equal parts historical fiction and magical realism, The Moon Knows Their Names weaves suspense, deception, and the healing power of friendship into a mythic story that exposes the cost of keeping secrets from those closest to our hearts.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/shop\/the-moon-knows-their-names\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lavender Ink \/ Di\u00e1logos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lavenderinkdialogos\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-10-01T19:33:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/frontcover300dpi-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1707\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@lavender_ink_pr\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lavenderink.org\\\/site\\\/shop\\\/the-moon-knows-their-names\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lavenderink.org\\\/site\\\/shop\\\/the-moon-knows-their-names\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Moon Knows Their Names at Lavender Ink \\\/ Di\u00e1logos\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lavenderink.org\\\/site\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lavenderink.org\\\/site\\\/shop\\\/the-moon-knows-their-names\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lavenderink.org\\\/site\\\/shop\\\/the-moon-knows-their-names\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lavenderink.org\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/frontcover300dpi-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-01T18:35:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-01T19:33:16+00:00\",\"description\":\"Two young German men seeking refuge from the Holocaust land on the shores of West Africa. Over time, they forge a lifelong bond with two members of the region\u2019s native tribes. When a young boy precious to each of them is orphaned, this unlikely quartet must find a way to build a home for him together, despite a painful past that still has them in its teeth. Equal parts historical fiction and magical realism, The Moon Knows Their Names weaves suspense, deception, and the healing power of friendship into a mythic story that exposes the cost of keeping secrets from those closest to our hearts.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lavenderink.org\\\/site\\\/shop\\\/the-moon-knows-their-names\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lavenderink.org\\\/site\\\/shop\\\/the-moon-knows-their-names\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lavenderink.org\\\/site\\\/shop\\\/the-moon-knows-their-names\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lavenderink.org\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/frontcover300dpi-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lavenderink.org\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/frontcover300dpi-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":1707,\"height\":2560},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lavenderink.org\\\/site\\\/shop\\\/the-moon-knows-their-names\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lavenderink.org\\\/site\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Shop\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lavenderink.org\\\/site\\\/shop\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"The Moon Knows Their Names\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lavenderink.org\\\/site\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lavenderink.org\\\/site\\\/\",\"name\":\"Lavender Ink \\\/ Di\u00e1logos\",\"description\":\"Publisher of Contemporary Poetry and Literary Prose\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lavenderink.org\\\/site\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lavenderink.org\\\/site\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lavenderink.org\\\/site\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Lavender Ink \\\/ Di\u00e1logos\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lavenderink.org\\\/site\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lavenderink.org\\\/site\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lavenderink.org\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/cityscape-800.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lavenderink.org\\\/site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/cityscape-800.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":183,\"caption\":\"Lavender Ink \\\/ Di\u00e1logos\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lavenderink.org\\\/site\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/lavenderinkdialogos\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/lavender_ink_pr\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Moon Knows Their Names at Lavender Ink \/ Di\u00e1logos","description":"Two young German men seeking refuge from the Holocaust land on the shores of West Africa. Over time, they forge a lifelong bond with two members of the region\u2019s native tribes. When a young boy precious to each of them is orphaned, this unlikely quartet must find a way to build a home for him together, despite a painful past that still has them in its teeth. Equal parts historical fiction and magical realism, The Moon Knows Their Names weaves suspense, deception, and the healing power of friendship into a mythic story that exposes the cost of keeping secrets from those closest to our hearts.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/shop\/the-moon-knows-their-names\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Moon Knows Their Names at Lavender Ink \/ Di\u00e1logos","og_description":"Two young German men seeking refuge from the Holocaust land on the shores of West Africa. Over time, they forge a lifelong bond with two members of the region\u2019s native tribes. When a young boy precious to each of them is orphaned, this unlikely quartet must find a way to build a home for him together, despite a painful past that still has them in its teeth. Equal parts historical fiction and magical realism, The Moon Knows Their Names weaves suspense, deception, and the healing power of friendship into a mythic story that exposes the cost of keeping secrets from those closest to our hearts.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/shop\/the-moon-knows-their-names\/","og_site_name":"Lavender Ink \/ Di\u00e1logos","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lavenderinkdialogos\/","article_modified_time":"2026-10-01T19:33:16+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1707,"height":2560,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/frontcover300dpi-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@lavender_ink_pr","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/shop\/the-moon-knows-their-names\/","url":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/shop\/the-moon-knows-their-names\/","name":"The Moon Knows Their Names at Lavender Ink \/ Di\u00e1logos","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/shop\/the-moon-knows-their-names\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/shop\/the-moon-knows-their-names\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/frontcover300dpi-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2024-10-01T18:35:58+00:00","dateModified":"2026-10-01T19:33:16+00:00","description":"Two young German men seeking refuge from the Holocaust land on the shores of West Africa. Over time, they forge a lifelong bond with two members of the region\u2019s native tribes. When a young boy precious to each of them is orphaned, this unlikely quartet must find a way to build a home for him together, despite a painful past that still has them in its teeth. Equal parts historical fiction and magical realism, The Moon Knows Their Names weaves suspense, deception, and the healing power of friendship into a mythic story that exposes the cost of keeping secrets from those closest to our hearts.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/shop\/the-moon-knows-their-names\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/shop\/the-moon-knows-their-names\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/shop\/the-moon-knows-their-names\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/frontcover300dpi-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/frontcover300dpi-scaled.jpg","width":1707,"height":2560},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/shop\/the-moon-knows-their-names\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Shop","item":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/shop\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The Moon Knows Their Names"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/","name":"Lavender Ink \/ Di\u00e1logos","description":"Publisher of Contemporary Poetry and Literary Prose","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/#organization","name":"Lavender Ink \/ Di\u00e1logos","url":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/cityscape-800.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/cityscape-800.jpg","width":800,"height":183,"caption":"Lavender Ink \/ Di\u00e1logos"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lavenderinkdialogos\/","https:\/\/x.com\/lavender_ink_pr"]}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/16760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16760"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/16760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16770,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/16760\/revisions\/16770"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=16760"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=16760"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavenderink.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=16760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}