The Almost Moon - Large Print Author:Alice Sebold 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 fulfillment of a lifetime's buried desire. Over the next twenty-four hours, her lif... more »e 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« less