Helen Knightly has spent a lifetime trying to win the love of a mother who had none to spare. And as this electrifying novel opens, she steps over a boundary she never dreamt she would even approach. But while her act is ahhost unconscious, it also

seems like the fulfillment of a lifetime’s buried desire.

Over the next twenty-four hours, her life rushes in at her as she confronts the choices that have brought her to this crossroads.

“Exhilarating, unforgettable. . . This is a remarkable novel in which every word is vital, each nuance felt Candid, gut-wrenching, at times horribly funny and often beautifully touching. . . The genius which guides The Almost Moon is its absolute, horrible, multiple

truths; its staggering clarity.”

--------- Irish Times

“As moving as it is unquestionably gripping”

---------- Observer

“As gripping as it is strange and wild My God, it grips. . . I lay awake half the night, feverishly both that it would never end, and that it would all be over soon”

----------- Evening Standard