A decades-spanning Paris love affair and second chances.
Erica and Laure meet in Paris in 1978 and fall into a relationship that shapes every life decision that follows. Spanning decades, marriages, children and changing politics, their love returns-asking whether they’ll finally choose each other.
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A decades-spanning Paris love affair and second chances.
Erica and Laure meet in Paris in 1978 and fall into a relationship that shapes every life decision that follows. Spanning decades, marriages, children and changing politics, their love returns-asking whether they’ll finally choose each other.
- Book Synopsis
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A love story that will last 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 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...
Erica and Laure's love story spans decades, marriage, children, secret trysts, and the agonising 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?
Almost Life is a story of longing for the paths not taken, and the almost lives we live.
Ideal for readers who…
- love sweeping, decades-spanning romances shaped by chance meetings and lasting consequences
- are drawn to emotionally intense stories of longing, secrecy, and second chances
- enjoy character-driven literary fiction set against personal and political change
- want a love story that explores marriage, children, and the choices that redefine a life
- like reflective novels about the paths not taken and the “almost lives” we live
- About The Author
- Kiran Millwood Hargrave is a multi-award-winning, internationally bestselling novelist. She is the author of instant Sunday Times bestseller The Mercies, which was a Richard and Judy Book Club Pick, won a Betty Trask Award, and was named an NYT Best Book of the Year, and The Dance Tree, which was 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.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781035007509
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Picador, (12 March 2026)
- Number of Pages
- 439
- Weight
- 548 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 234 x 153 x 34 mm
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