The Half Moon

From the author of Ask Again, Yes, a devastating yet hopeful portrait of a marriage in crisis. Malcolm and Jess are at a crossroads: the longtime bartender and now bar owner is hiding exorbitant debt from Jess, who is weary from years of infertility treatments and the toll they’ve taken on their marriage. Told over the course of one tumultuous week, a confluence of events—a blizzard, a missing person, and a shocking revelation—leads the couple to reckon with their past, and decide whether there's hope for their future. I drank down this story about love and family, loyalty and despair, about making choices and making a life. For fans of Tracey Lange’s We Are the Brennans and Jennifer Close’s Marrying the Ketchups.