TY - BOOK AU - Alice Sebold TI - The Almost Moon SN - 9780316067362 AV - PS3619.E26 U1 - 813.6 PB - Back Bay Books KW - Contemporary Fiction N1 - 870 N2 - 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 ER -