The Half Moon

A beautiful, unforgettable story of love and second chances, for fans of The Paper Palace, Hello Beautiful and Tom Lake.

She manages to find the extraordinary grace in our achingly ordinary world

NEW YORK TIMES

One of my favourite authors

FLORENCE KNAPP

Her insights into the matters of the heart have atonishing delicacy

VOGUE

‘A fearless writer’

LISA TADDEO

This kind of fiction is a gift

ANN NAPOLITANO

I could not put this book down

MIRANDA COWLEY HELLER

‘Compelling, touching, exquisitely crafted’

LIANE MORIARTY

A healing, delicate and relatable story about the real heartbreaks of life

CLAIRE DAVERLEY

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Winter, upstate New York. Outside the Half Moon bar, a blizzard is raging. Inside, bartender Malcolm and his wife Jess are coming face to face for the first time in four months.

Malcolm never understood why Jess packed up and left him suddenly, without explanation. Meanwhile, Jess always loved Malcolm, but when forced to choose between her husband’s dreams and her desire to have a family, she found herself slipping away.

Now, trapped in the empty bar as the snow piles up outside, they must confront the secrets and small betrayals that brought their marriage to this point.