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Breathtaking, smart and sexy, Almost Life is a story of love and longing, of the lives we almost live and the choices we don't make.
One chance encounter can define a lifetime.
Erica and Laure meet on the steps of the Sacré-Cœur in Paris, 1978. Erica is a student, relishing her first summer abroad before beginning university at home in England. Laure is studying for her Ph.D. at the Sorbonne, drinking and smoking far too much, and sleeping with a married woman.
The moment the two women meet the spark is undeniable. But their encounter turns into far more than a summer of love. It is the beginning of a relationship that will define their lives and every decision they have yet to make. Spanning cities, decades and heartbreaks, fate brings them within touching distance again and again.
But will they be brave enough to seize the life they truly want?
Praise
“One of the greatest love stories I've ever read — searingly real, romantic and tragic. Almost Life is One Day for a new generation.” — Stacey Halls
“A heart-rending tale of missed chances. Millwood Hargrave is a wonderful writer and what a pleasure it is to be in the company of such a deft, enchanting storyteller.” — Douglas Stuart, Booker Prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain
“Erica and Laure have made me think about MY life, about love and friendship and how short life is… immersive, sensual, beautiful and powerful.” — Marian Keyes
“Captivating and immersive, a soaring ode to both love's possibilities and its pain.” — Sophie Mackintosh, author of The Water Cure
“The biggest weepy since One Day.” — Stylist
“A beautifully written exploration of desire, freedom and the roads we do and don't take.” — The Observer
About the author
Kiran Millwood Hargrave is a multi-award-winning, internationally bestselling novelist. Almost Life is her third novel for adults. She is also the author of the instant Sunday Times bestseller The Mercies, a Richard and Judy Book Club Pick which won a Betty Trask Award and was named an NYT Best Book of the Year, and The Dance Tree, shortlisted for the HWA Gold Crown Award and picked for the BBC Two Between the Covers Book Club. Her bestselling works for children are published in over thirty languages. Kiran lives in Oxford with her family, and a constant rotation of foster kittens.
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