This Time Tomorrow

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Emma Straub

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER“The pages brim with tenderness and an appreciation for what we had and who we were. I could not have loved it more."—Ann Patchett“One of the most moving and intelligent time travel novels I have ever read. Nostalgic, wise, funny, and filled with love."—Gabrielle Zevin “The kind of book that will make you laugh, make you cry, and make you call the people you love. Exceptional."—Emily HenryWhat if you could take a vacation to your past? With her celebrated humor, insight, and heart, beloved New York Times bestseller Emma Straub offers her own twist on traditional time travel tropes and a different kind of love story. On the eve of her fortieth birthday, Alice’s life isn’t terrible. She likes her job, even if it isn’t exactly the one she expected. She’s happy with her apartment, her romantic status, and her independence, and she adores her lifelong best friend. But her father is ailing, and it feels to her as if something is missing. When she wakes up the next morning, she finds herself back in 1996, reliving her sixteenth birthday. But it isn’t just her adolescent body that shocks her, or seeing her high school crush—it’s her dad, the vital, charming, forty-something version of her father with whom she is reunited. Now armed with a new perspective on her own life and his, some past events take on new meaning. Is there anything that she would change if she could?

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Time Travel

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Author

Emma Straub

Pages

320

Publisher

Penguin

Published Date

2022-05-17

ISBN

052553900X 9780525539001

Ratings

Google: 4

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"“The way you spend your days is the way you spend your life.” So many highlight-worthy lines about the passing of time and how small decisions can alter the course of your life. A fun and often heartfelt reverse 13 Going on 30 sprinkled with 90s and NYC nostalgia."

Meredith Lavergne

"On the fence about this book so I'm giving it a 3/5. Positive: the writing style was good, and for me that's the biggest factor, and if not for this I'd probably have given the book a 1. Negative: didn't care for the MC, felt the first 1/3 of the book was mostly pointless and didn't convey what (i feel) the author wanted it to, the comparisons to other time travel stories got annoying - minor issue, and the ending wasn't very good. I'm marking this as "liked" because i think if i had read a different book by the same author, i might've enjoyed it more, this one just didn't meet my expectations."

Mare

"DNF. Made it to page 110 and still couldn't get into it. There wasn't anything wrong with the writing but it was just so slow and repetitive. Not for me. "

The Lazy Reader

"Most time travel novels are about finding and keeping a romance but this book centered on 40 year old Alice and her dad, who is sick and in the hospital. She finds her self transported back to her 16 year old self after getting very drunk on her 40th birthday. Then she sets out trying to find out to prolong her dad’s life so she can get more time with him/be with the guy she thought she misses out on, etc. Loved this book and the perspective. Who hasn’t wished for more time when someone is dying?"

Danielle Henry

"Not typically a book I would read, but I enjoyed it more than I thought. Not something I’m just so glad I read by no means. "

Alyssa Bull

"Not my typical read. Some aspects were sweet. Overall I found it “okay”. "

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Geriann Friday

"I'm a sucker for time travel books and this one is pretty good. "

Molly Hans

"A great emotional journey of a book. I loved the portrayal of the father-daughter relationship. The main character felt real and grounded even with the fantastical parts of her life. The time travel was entertaining (and I don't usually enjoy time travel books) and the ending was quite moving. I'm also a sucker for stories that take place in nyc so that was a plus too."

Cheyanne

"This is not a book I would typically read, but it is by far one of my favorites of the year! I fell in love with this book. Give it a chance. It’s not just about time travel, but about the choices we make in life and our most important relationships. "