{"product_id":"the-half-moon-9780241546840","title":"The Half Moon","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe highly-anticipated new novel from the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor fans of \u003ci\u003eSorrow and Bliss\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Paper Palace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e___________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Best Book of 2023'' in Vogue, Entertainment Weekly, People, Book Page, Literary Hub\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''I could not put this book down''\u003c\/b\u003e MIRANDA COWLEY HELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Compelling, touching, exquisitely crafted''\u003c\/b\u003e LIANE MORIARTY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Prepare to lose yourself in this book'' \u003c\/b\u003eSARA COLLINS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e___________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThere are two sides to every story. . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMalcolm is a bartender at the Half Moon in Upstate New York. He has always dreamed of owning a bar, and so when his boss finally retires, he seizes his chance, despite his wife''s protests.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJess has devoted herself to her law career. After years of trying for a baby, she''s struggling to accept the idea that motherhood might not be in her future. She finds herself slipping away from\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Beth Keane writes to the heart of the human heart. \u003c\/b\u003eShe shows us how love can deepen, how love can stall - hang in the sky like a half moon, waxing and waning in the same moment, equal parts shadow and light. \u003cb\u003eI could not put this book down' \u003c\/b\u003e -- Miranda Cowley Heller, author of \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Paper Palace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbsorbing ... Keane excels at moments of interior deliberation ... \u003cb\u003eit's such a pleasure to sink into Keane's\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003equietly luminous prose\u003c\/b\u003e ... Her recordings of the small, significant moments of life have a way of standing for something larger... [Keane's] perceptive, generous observations and attention to her characters' inner lives make for a book that is much, much more than the sum of its characters. \u003cb\u003eShe manages to find the extraordinary grace in our achingly ordinary world\u003c\/b\u003e * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eI adored this\u003cb\u003e compelling, touching, exquisitely crafted\u003c\/b\u003e story about a marriage in crisis. As \u003cb\u003ea devoted fan of Mary Beth Keane, I'm already looking forward to whatever she chooses to write next! \u003c\/b\u003e -- Liane Moriarty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI fell in love with \u003ci\u003eThe Half Moon\u003c\/i\u003e from the first page, and barely looked up until I'd finished.\u003c\/b\u003e Mary Beth Keane has written another \u003cb\u003ebrilliantly absorbing\u003c\/b\u003e novel about complicated marriages and family dynamics - how they shape us, yes, but how they undo us as well.\u003cb\u003e Prepare to lose yourself in this book\u003c\/b\u003e -- Sara Collins, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Confessions of Frannie Langton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMary Beth Keane is \u003cb\u003eone of our finest writers on the interior complexities of marriage and family.\u003c\/b\u003e She shines a flashlight on the intricate clockwork of love and longing that runs inside us; and because of the thoughtfulness of that examination, beauty and possibility are visible. I ran my finger over sentences while reading, thinking: Yes, exactly\u003cb\u003e. This kind of fiction recognizes us, and allows us to look around our own lives with respect and kindness, and is therefore a great gift\u003c\/b\u003e -- Ann Napolitano, author of \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eDear Edward\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKeane writes in \u003cb\u003ea sturdily realist vein\u003c\/b\u003e-the vivid, domesticated world of Anne Tyler, of William Trevor, of Elizabeth Strout-but \u003cb\u003eher insights into matters of the heart, longing and restlessness especially, have astonishing delicacy\u003c\/b\u003e * Vogue US *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA quietly marvellous story of dreams, disappointments and second chances, but, mostly, love\u003c\/b\u003e -- Charmaine Wilkerson, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBlack Cake\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKeane explores the\u003cb\u003e sacrifices of a marriage\u003c\/b\u003e . . . The\u003cb\u003e tension is undeniable and deeply compelling\u003c\/b\u003e . . . \u003cb\u003ewith an unexpected twist, Keane's charming, tautly-paced, and introspective novel will delight\u003c\/b\u003e * Booklist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHere, a full marriage story is compressed within the span of a single week \u003c\/b\u003eas charming, gregarious bartender Malcolm and his conscientious lawyer wife Jess confront the longtime fissures in their union and the many dreams deferred * The Best in Upcoming Fiction, \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou'll root for both sides in this deftly written novel\u003c\/b\u003e * Grazia *\u003cbr\u003eA man walks into a bar... at the start of this remarkable novel, and how does Mary Beth Keane do it? Because I walked right on in there after him, into this sublime, shaken snow globe of a story. \u003cb\u003eA story that unpeels the human psyche with compassion and wisdom and extraordinary insight. She is hands down one of my favourite writers\u003c\/b\u003e -- Fran Littlewood, author of \u003ci\u003eAmazing Grace Adams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI LOVED \u003ci\u003eThe Half Moon\u003c\/i\u003e. 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