The Almost Moon by Alice Seabold

pages: 304

time: 4 hours

In this book the first written words are, "When all is said and done, killing my mother came easily," and from that second your hooked. The story details Helen's life, from her childhood with a controlling mother to her run from the law after she smothers her mother to death. Helen appears eerily sane and calculated as she sets up a series of escape routes that burn ever bridge she ever made.

I loved this book, it was both unsettling and linked to reality that it made for a captivating tale.