$32.95 (Trade paperback / Picador / ISBN:9780330451376)
The Almost Moon
For years, Helen Knightly has given her life to others: to her haunted mother, to her enigmatic father, to her husband and now-grown daughters. When she finally crosses a terrible boundary, her life comes rushing in at her in a way she never could have imagined.
Unfolding over 24 hours, this searing novel explores the ties between mothers and daughters, wives and lovers, the meaning of devotion and the line between love and hate. It is a challenging, moving, and gripping story, written with the humanity and fluidity that only Alice Sebold can bring to the page.
Alice Sebold
The Almost Moon
$22.99 (Paperback book / Picador )
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... More »
The Almost Moon
$32.95 (Trade paperback / Picador )
For years, Helen Knightly has given her life to others: to her haunted mother, to her enigmatic father, to her husband and now-grown daughters. When she finally crosses a terrible boundary, her life comes rushing in at h... More »
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The Lovely Bones
$22.95 (Paperback book / Picador )
My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973. My murderer was a man from our neighborhood. My mother liked his border flowers, and my father talked to him o... More »
The Almost Moon
$39.95 (Hardcover book / Little Brown )
For years, Helen Knightly has given her life to others: to her haunted mother, to her enigmatic father, to her husband and now-grown daughters. When she finally crosses a terrible boundary, her life comes rushing in at h... More »