Almost Life is Kiran Millwood Hargrave''s breathtaking story of love and longing, of the lives we almost live and the choices we don''t make - and finding the courage to embrace who you really want to be. ''Immersive, sensual, beautiful and powerful'' - Marian Keyes, author of My Favourite Mistake ''Tender, sensual and thrumming with life'' - Lucy Steeds, author of The Artist One chance encounter can define a lifetime Erica and Laure meet on the steps of the Sacre-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 Ph.D. 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. Spanning cities, decades and heartbreaks, fate brings them within touching distance again and again. But will they be brave enough to seize the life they truly want? ''Hot, smart and completely captivating'' - Daisy Buchanan, author of Pity Party ''A beautifully told story about love, longing, and the lives we almost live'' - Louise O''Neill, author of Idol

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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.

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A love story that will last a lifetime

Erica and Laure meet on the steps of the Sacré-C?ur 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.