Almost Life by Kiran Millwood Hargrave: ‘There is nothing we could not do together’
A life in books | 13.03.2026 15:25
I’d not read either of Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s previous novels, drawn to Almost Life by the blurb’s comparison with David Nicholls’s One Day half expecting to be disappointed. Spanning thirty-five years, it follows Laure and Erica who meet one summer morning in 1978 on the steps of Sacré Coeur when Erica smiles at Laure after spotting they’re reading the same book.
