Sebold's #1 national bestselling follow-up to "The Lovely Bones" is now available in paperback. "The Almost Moon" is brilliantly paced, it's brutally honest. . . . A haunting, searing novel ("Boston Globe").

Sebold's #1 national bestselling follow-up to "The Lovely Bones" is now available in paperback. "The Almost Moon" is brilliantly paced, it's brutally honest. . . . A haunting, searing novel ("Boston Globe").

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.