About the Book: Almost Life: A life-changing love story from the Sunday Times
bestselling author of The Mercies
'A love story that will last a lifetime Erica and Laure meet on the steps of
the Sacré-Cœur 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