The Almost Moon

by Alice Sebold

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316067362
Publisher:	Little, Brown and Company
Publication date:	09/08/2008
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	83,131
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.90(d)
Lexile:	870L (what's this?)

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.

Hometown:

Long Beach, California

Date of Birth:

September 6, 1963

Place of Birth:

Madison, Wisconsin

Education:

B.A., Syracuse University; studied poetry, University of Houston, 1984-85; M.F.A. in fiction, UC-Irvine, 1998