Almost Life
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.<BR><BR>'Immersive, sensual, beautiful and powerful' - Marian Keyes, author of My Favourite Mistake<BR>'Tender, sensual and thrumming with life' - Lucy Steeds, author of The Artist<BR><BR>One chance encounter can define a lifetime<BR><BR>Erica and Laure meet on the steps of the Sacré-C¿ur in Paris, 1978.<BR>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.<BR><BR>The moment the two women meet the spark is undeniable.<BR>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.<BR><BR>But will they be brave enough to seize the life they truly want?<BR><BR>'Hot, smart and completely captivating' - Daisy Buchanan, author of Pity Party<BR>'A beautifully told story about love, longing, and the lives we almost live' - Louise O'Neill, author of Idol
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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.<BR><BR>'Immersive, sensual, beautiful and powerful' - Marian Keyes, author of My Favourite Mistake<BR>'Tender, sensual and thrumming with life' - Lucy Steeds, author of The Artist<BR><BR>One chance encounter can define a lifetime<BR><BR>Erica and Laure meet on the steps of the Sacré-C¿ur in Paris, 1978.<BR>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.<BR><BR>The moment the two women meet the spark is undeniable.<BR>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.<BR><BR>But will they be brave enough to seize the life they truly want?<BR><BR>'Hot, smart and completely captivating' - Daisy Buchanan, author of Pity Party<BR>'A beautifully told story about love, longing, and the lives we almost live' - Louise O'Neill, author of Idol
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233 mm | 151 mm | 36 mm | 550 gr
Erscheinungsjahr
2026
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Taschenbuch
Verlag
Pan Macmillan
ISBN-10
1035007509
Autor
Hargrave, Kiran Millwood
Sprache
Englisch
Seitenanzahl
448
Themen
Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Seelenleben, Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Regionalroman, Moderne und zeitgenössische Liebesromane / Romance, Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Liebe und Beziehungen, Moderne und zeitgenössische Belletristik: allgemein und literarisch, Historischer Roman, Paris City, Familienleben
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