{"product_id":"almost-life","title":"Almost Life","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Hargrave has a great eye and ear for close-focus, intimate scenes. Conversations, sexual encounters and meals are vividly alive.... Laure and Erica are richly drawn, in both heart and mind.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Stacey D'Erasmo, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Teases out the beauty of a life lived truly, if only we are brave enough to seize it for ourselves.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Chelsey Sanchez, \u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e, \"The 25 Most Anticipated Books Coming Out This Spring\"\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A lush story of young love full of all the complexities of long-time love.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eAutostraddle\u003c\/i\u003e, \"Most Anticipated Queer Books for March 2026\"\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Kiran Millwood Hargrave's winning prose and insights capture the legacy of a consequential affair.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Hamilton Cain, \u003ci\u003eTIME \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eMagazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \"10 New Books You Should Read in March\"\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Captivating...an entrancing read packed with the extreme highs and lows of an all-encompassing love.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePEOPLE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMagazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"10 Best Sapphic Historical Romances For Fans of Bridgerton's Francesca and Michaela\"\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Lyrical...sharp-eyed.\" \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Victoria Wood, BiblioLifestyle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" \n\u003ci\u003eAlmost Life\u003c\/i\u003e reads like a dream of young desire, but Hargrave is brilliantly awake to the heartbreaks and constraints of enduring passion. Sexy, tender, piercing, and oh so true, \n\u003ci\u003eAlmost Life \u003c\/i\u003eis a lyrical accounting of love's offerings and its toll. I loved every word.\"-- \n\u003cb\u003eErin O. White, author of\u003ci\u003e Like Family\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"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\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Douglas Stuart, Booker Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eShuggie Bain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Kiran Millwood Hargrave has crafted one of the most intensely beautiful love stories I have read in a very long time. \n\u003ci\u003eAlmost Life \u003c\/i\u003eis breathtaking in its understanding of the way we may be haunted by the living, by the paths we do not take. I wish I could read it again for the first time. It left me awestruck.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Hannah Kent, author of \u003ci\u003eBurial Rites\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Sensual and powerful, \n\u003ci\u003eAlmost Life\u003c\/i\u003e caught me in a bittersweet nostalgia, reflecting on life, love and friendship. Erica and Laure's story, vividly evoked against the backdrop of 1970s Paris and the subsequent decades, affected me deeply.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Marian Keyes, author of \u003ci\u003eSushi For Beginners\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" \n\u003ci\u003eAlmost Life\u003c\/i\u003e is captivating and immersive, a soaring ode to both love's possibilities and its pain. Richly rendered and deeply felt, Laure and Erica will stay with me for a long time.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Sophie Mackintosh, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Water Cure\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A rippling elegy to the possibilities and impossibilities of love. Tender, sensual, and thrumming with life, Kiran Millwood Hargrave swirls heady prose into both a lament and a celebration of the choices we make, the passions that consume us, and the almost lives we almost live.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Lucy Steed, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Artist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"One of the greatest love stories I've ever read - searingly real, romantic and tragic, \n\u003ci\u003eAlmost Life\u003c\/i\u003e is \n\u003ci\u003eOne Day \u003c\/i\u003efor a new generation.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Stacey Halls, author of\u003ci\u003e The Lost Orphan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKiran Millwood Hargrave is an award-winning, bestselling novelist. Her books have been translated into more than thirty languages and shortlisted for the Kirkus Prize. Her debut novel for adults, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Mercies\u003c\/i\u003e, was a \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book, \n\u003ci\u003eUSA Today \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of 2020, and won international awards including a Betty Trask Award and the Prix Rive Gauche à Paris.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople \u003c\/i\u003e\"Best Sapphic Historical Romances\" - \u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar \u003c\/i\u003e\"Most Anticipated Books Coming Out This Spring\" -\u003ci\u003e Autostraddle \u003c\/i\u003e\"Most Anticipated Queer Books for March 2026\" - \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003e\"New Books You Should Read in March\" \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Hargrave has a great eye and ear for close-focus, intimate scenes. Conversations, sexual encounters, and meals are vividly alive...\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLaure and Erica are richly drawn, in both heart and mind.\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTwo young women meet in Paris one sultry summer in a decades-spanning tour de force about the enduring power of young love and the poignant heartbreak of missed chances--perfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eOne Day\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNormal People\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eErica and Laure meet on the steps of the Sacré-Coeur in Paris, 1978. Erica is a student, relishing her first summer abroad before beginning university at home in England. Laure is studying for her PhD 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... \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eErica and Laure's love story spans decades, marriage, children, secret trysts, and the agonizing changes--both personal and political--that might mean they can be together, after all. But when life brings them within touching distance again, will they be brave enough to seize a future together? \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeautifully capturing young love and all its complexities, \n\u003ci\u003eAlmost Life\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of longing for the paths not taken, and the almost lives we live.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 01\/15\/2026 (EAN 9781668204276, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 02\/01\/2026 (EAN 9781668204276, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 01\/01\/2026 pg. 58 (EAN 9781668204276, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eHargrave, Kiran Millwood\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKiran Millwood Hargrave is an award-winning, bestselling novelist. 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