●"When all is said and done, killing my mother came easily." ●So begins The Almost Moon, Alice Sebold's astonishing, brilliant, and daring new novel. A woman steps over the line into the unthinkable in this unforgettable work 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. ●「蘇西的世界」作者新一力作！描寫中年女性的困境 ●克萊兒和海倫是一對被關在一場殘酷關係中的母女，彼此卻已成了對方生活的中心。但是在出人意表的開場中，海倫跨過了一道她從未想過會踰越的界線。她幾乎毫無意識地採取行動。海倫與她年邁失智的母親克萊兒，透過一場母女的慘劇檢視女性的一生，直視生命的殘酷。 ●接下來的24小時內，海倫來到一個新的十字路口，當她面臨抉擇時，過往的生命片段一一浮現眼前。過去這麼多年來她處心積慮要贏得母親的愛，如今她自由了，但這卻是太危險也太不能把握的自由。