The almost moon - alice sebold

Sebolds #1 national bestselling follow-up to The Lovely Bones is now available in paperback.

The Almost Moon is brilliantly paced, its brutally honest.

A haunting, searing novel (Boston Globe).

A woman steps over the line into the unthinkable in this brilliant, powerful, and unforgettable new novel by the author of The Lovely Bones and Lucky .

For years Helen Knightly has given her life to others: to her haunted mother, to her enigmatic father, to her husband and now grown children.

When she finally crosses a terrible boundary, her life comes rushing in at her in a way she never could have imagined.

Unfolding over the next twenty-four hours, this searing, fast-paced novel explores the complex ties between mothers and daughters, wives and lovers, the meaning of devotion, and the line between love and hate.

It is a challenging, moving, gripping story, written with the fluidity and strength of voice that only Alice Sebold can bring to the page.