In Five Years: A GMA Book Club Pick (a Novel)
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A Good Morning America, FabFitFun, and Marie Claire Book Club Pick
“In Five Years is as clever as it is moving, the rare read-in-one-sitting novel you won’t forget.” —Chloe Benjamin, New York Times bestselling author of The Immortalists
Perfect for fans of Me Before You and One Day—a modern classic and powerful love story following an ambitious lawyer who experiences an astonishing vision that could change her life forever.
Where do you see yourself in five years?
Dannie Kohan lives her life by the numbers.
She is nothing like her lifelong best friend—the wild, whimsical, believes-in-fate Bella. Her meticulous planning seems to have paid off after she nails the most important job interview of her career and accepts her boyfriend’s marriage proposal in one fell swoop, falling asleep completely content.
But when she awakens, she’s suddenly in a different apartment, with a different ring on her finger, and beside a very different man. Dannie spends one hour exactly five years in the future before she wakes again in her own home on the brink of midnight—but it is one hour she cannot shake. In Five Years is an unforgettable love story, but it is not the one you’re expecting.
A Good Morning America, FabFitFun, and Marie Claire Book Club Pick
“In Five Years is as clever as it is moving, the rare read-in-one-sitting novel you won’t forget.” —Chloe Benjamin, New York Times bestselling author of The Immortalists
Perfect for fans of Me Before You and One Day—a modern classic and powerful love story following an ambitious lawyer who experiences an astonishing vision that could change her life forever.
Where do you see yourself in five years?
Dannie Kohan lives her life by the numbers.
She is nothing like her lifelong best friend—the wild, whimsical, believes-in-fate Bella. Her meticulous planning seems to have paid off after she nails the most important job interview of her career and accepts her boyfriend’s marriage proposal in one fell swoop, falling asleep completely content.
But when she awakens, she’s suddenly in a different apartment, with a different ring on her finger, and beside a very different man. Dannie spends one hour exactly five years in the future before she wakes again in her own home on the brink of midnight—but it is one hour she cannot shake. In Five Years is an unforgettable love story, but it is not the one you’re expecting.
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Readers say *In Five Years* by Rebecca Serle is a poignant, emotionally resonant novel that honestly explores love, friendship, and life’s unpredictab...
Interesting read about a woman who wakes up in a different life, only to realize it’s actually her life in the future.
This was a very fast read, I think I finished it in 24 hours. I was intrigued by the story. Would you want a glimpse into your future? Would it shape or change your current relationships if you knew how things would turn out? Well, that's kind of what happened to Dannie. She's a young woman living in NYC, a lawyer with a promising career and a boyfriend of two years who is about to propose. Everything is going exactly to her plan, until she falls asleep and wakes up 5 years in the future. She is in a different apartment with a different man and a different ring on her finger. Was this a dream? A premonition? She only spends one hour in the future before she wakes up in her own apartment just before midnight, but she can't just shake off the dream. She begins to question her own life and choices.
It is a love story, but maybe not one you are expecting. As present day gets closer to the 5 year "vision" she saw/dreamed, her world is about to change in several ways. Although I enjoyed the story and the writing, I just couldn't connect with any of the characters. I did like the little twist at the end (don't want to spoil it). I did not see that coming. I'm not sure everything Dannie does is believable (again don't want to spoil) but it was a good read.
It is a love story, but maybe not one you are expecting. As present day gets closer to the 5 year "vision" she saw/dreamed, her world is about to change in several ways. Although I enjoyed the story and the writing, I just couldn't connect with any of the characters. I did like the little twist at the end (don't want to spoil it). I did not see that coming. I'm not sure everything Dannie does is believable (again don't want to spoil) but it was a good read.
This broke me! Had me fully invested from the start, took me on a journey, and then broke me. Just read it! It’s amazing.
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