Almost Life with Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Tue 17 Mar 2026
7:00pm at Bath Elim Church, Charlotte St, Bath BA1 2ND
Book + Ticket gives you 1 ticket with a copy of the book included, all tickets include 15% off any books purchased on the night, and author talk, and signing.
Other ways to book:
Email books@mrbsemporium.com, call 01225 331155 or pop into the shop at 14-15 John Street, Bath. BA1 2JL.
Award-winning and bestselling author (and longtime Team B fave) Kiran Millwood Hargrave, joins us for her dazzling new novel, Almost Life.
Almost Life is Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s 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. It’s already said to be One Day for a new generation, and we couldn’t agree more. So grab some tissues and a duvet, and settle down to meet Erica and Laurie – two characters who you’re about to fall hard for…
Kiran will be in conversation with the brilliant Kate Young, author of Experienced.
This event is programmed as part of the Curious Minds Festival: A Festival to Ignite Ideas.
Can’t make it to the event? Order a signed & dedicated copy here.
About the book:
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.
But will they be brave enough to seize the life they truly want?
“The biggest weepy since One Day” – Stylist
“A heart-rending tale of missed chances” – Douglas Stuart
“Immersive, sensual, beautiful and powerful”– Marian Keyes
“Tender, sensual and thrumming with life” – Lucy Steeds
About the author: Kiran Millwood Hargrave is a multi-award-winning, internationally bestselling novelist. She is the author of instant Sunday Times bestseller The Mercies, which was a Richard and Judy Book Club Pick, won a Betty Trask Award, and was named an NYT Best Book of the Year, and The Dance Tree, which was shortlisted for the HWA Gold Crown Award, and picked for the BBC Two Between the Covers Book Club. Her bestselling works for children are published in over thirty languages. Kiran lives in Oxford with her family, and a constant rotation of foster kittens.
