PRE-ORDER: Almost Life by Kiran Millwood Hargrave (SIGNED INDIE EDITION)

PUBLICATION DATE: 12TH MARCH 2026

The independent bookshop exclusive edition of this title is SIGNED by Kiran and features beautiful Parisian endpapers and sprayed edges.

Kiran Millwood Hargrave's upcoming adult novel is a breathtaking story of love and longing, of the lives we almost live and the choices we don't make — and finding the courage to embrace who you really want to be.

One chance encounter can define 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 Ph.D. 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. Spanning cities, decades and heartbreaks, fate brings them within touching distance again and again.