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008			090705s20082007nyu 000 0 eng
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082	1		_aFIC SEB
100	1		_aSebold, Alice _d(, 1963-)
245	1	4	_aThe almost moon _c/ Alice Sebold
260			_aNew York, NY _b: Back Bay Books _c, 2008, c2007.
300			_a291 p.
520	3		_a"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.
650		4	_aMothers and daughters _v--Fiction
655		4	_aPsychological fiction
942			_cMO
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