The Almost Moon

Alice Sebold

ISBN 10: 0330451324 / ISBN 13: 9780330451321

Published by Pan Macmillan, 2007

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Alice Sebold, Pan Macmillan. A woman steps over the line into the unthinkable in this searing portrait of a to-the-death struggle between a mother and a daughter. Clair Knightly and her daughter Helen are locked in a relationship so unrelenting that it has sucked the air out of both of their lives. And as this electrifying novel opens, Helen crosses 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, Helen's life rushes in at her as she confronts the choices that have brought her to this crossroads. A woman who has spent a lifetime trying to win the love of a mother who had none to spare, she now faces an uncertain and dangerous freedom. In The Almost Moon , Sebold explores the complex ties within families, the meaning of devotion and the fragility of the boundary that separates us from our darkest impulses. This is an unforgettable novel, a raw and powerful story, written with the clarity and insight that only Alice Sebold can bring to the page.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Almost Moon
• Publisher: Pan Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0330451324
• ISBN 13: 9780330451321
• Binding: Hardback
• Book Type: Hardback

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Synopsis

The Almost Moon [Hardcover] Alice Sebold

About the Author

Alice Sebold is the bestselling author of The Lovely Bones a novel, and Lucky, a memoir. She lives in California with her husband, the novelist Glen David Gold.