The Almost Moon
I walked through Barnes and Noble last night and browsed the tables full of new and suggested books looking for something new to read when the name "Sebold" jumped out at me. A new book by Alice Sebold!
I discovered Alice Sebold's books
The Lovely Bones and
Lucky this past year and devoured them. Sebold is by far my favorite new author. Her beautiful intelligent voice and her ability to infuse each and every word with such emotional intensity keeps me rivited to the of the story.
So I scooped up Sebold's new novel,
The Almost Moon, took it home and read the first paragraph.
"When all is said and done, killing my mother came easily. Dementia, as it descends, has a way of revealing the core of the person affected by it. My mother's core was rotten like the brackish water at the bottom of a weeks-old vase of flowers. She had been beautiful when my father met her and still capable of love when I became their late-in-life child, but by the time she gazed up at me that day, none of this mattered."See how Sebold grabs you right from the first sentence. I can't wait to dive into
The Almost Moon.
Labels: Alice Sebold, Dementia, Lucky, Reading, The Almost Moon, The Lovely Bones, Writing
I've been meaning to read her books. After reading this, I need to go out this weekend and buy the book.
I need to like, right this second. That was incredible.
Genevieve You will absolutely love Alice Sebold's books! She is an amazing writer. I would love to write like she does.
Go now! Go out and buy her books! You won't be disappointed.