Book 6 - 52 Books in 52 Weeks

The Almost Moon

 Alice Sebold (2007)

If you read The Lovely Bones a few years ago, you'd surely want to read this one, just to see if Sebold's writing continues to make such compelling reading!

"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 reaches her limit and crosses a terrible boundary, the world comes rushing in at her in a way she never could have imagined.  Unfolding over the course of a single day, this searing, fast-paced novel explores the complex ties within families, the wages of devotion, and the line between love and hate.  It is an unsettling, moving, gripping story, written with the fluidity and strength of voice that only Alice Sebold can bring to the page.

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