One chance encounter can define a lifetime

Erica and Laure meet on the steps of the Sacré-Cœur in 1978. Erica is eighteen, relishing her first summer in Paris before beginning university at home in England. Laure is studying for her doctorate 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 that will define their lives and every decision they have yet to make . . .

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Mercies, Almost Life is the sapphic One Day we've been waiting for; a story of longing for the paths not taken, and the almost lives we live.