Book description
Helen Knightly has spent a lifetime trying to win the love of a mother
who had none to spare. And as this electrifying novel opens, she steps
over a boundary she never dreamt she would even approach. But while her
act is almost unconscious, it also seems like the fulfilment of a
lifetime's buried desire. Over the next twenty-four hours, her life
rushes in at her as she confronts the choices that have brought her to
this crossroads. 'Exhilarating, unforgettable . . . This is a remarkable
novel in which every word is vital, each nuance felt . . . Candid,
gut-wrenching, at times horribly funny and often beautifully touching .
. . The genius which guides The Almost Moon is its absolute, horrible,
multiple truths; its staggering clarity' Eileen Battersby, Irish Times
'As moving as it is unquestionably gripping' Observer 'As gripping as it
is strange and wild . . . My God, it grips . . . I lay awake half the
night, feverishly hoping both that it would never end, and that it would
all be over soon' Rachel Cooke, Evening Standard
Alice Sebold is the author of the multi-million-copy international
bestseller The Lovely Bones and the memoir Lucky. She lives in
California with her husband, Glen David Gold
