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Book Review: The Almost Moon
Posted by Dana on 10.13.2008 at 12:26 pm
I have to admit, I didn’t read the highly acclaimed and hugely bestselling The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold mostly because the idea of reading about a dead teenager turned me off. But I heard it was amazing. My own teenager really liked it, in fact.
I don’t know why I thought I would do better with the topic of The Almost Moon. It’s a tough one to swallow, too. I’m not giving anything away by telling you that on page one we learn that the main character has killed her aging mother.
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