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This Time Tomorrow: A Novel
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“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 Henry
What 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?
“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 Henry
What 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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This book for me felt too rushed to end the story. Around chapter 5 it just fell flat, too many unresolved stories.
Tiny bit cliche but sweet and pensive at the same time. Especially relatable if you’re someone who’s sentimental about New York.
I enjoyed this book, although it seemed like it stayed on the shallow end of its subject matter, giving only splashes of deeper content. Nonetheless, it made for an enjoyable read and fun book club discussion about returning to a younger age. On the whole, this novel provokes reflection about loss, love, and relationships, as well as change over time, with an especial focus on the father-child relationship. It encouraged reflection on my own experience of losing my father and, for that, I was appreciative.
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Yes, lots of us wish we could make our parents healthier because of better choices. I, for one, would love to stop my dad from drinking so much. However, if I were Alice, with a so-so job, no romance, no fun, basically a blah life with just a best friend who has her own life and family, I certainly wouldn't focus on getting my dad to make different choices, especially if I got to do that one day over and over, and come back each time to see that dad was essentially in the same spot. Also - if dad had his own time travel thing going on, well... he can make his own changes. Take life, live it, and stop trying endless do-overs.
Yes, lots of us wish we could make our parents healthier because of better choices. I, for one, would love to stop my dad from drinking so much. However, if I were Alice, with a so-so job, no romance, no fun, basically a blah life with just a best friend who has her own life and family, I certainly wouldn't focus on getting my dad to make different choices, especially if I got to do that one day over and over, and come back each time to see that dad was essentially in the same spot. Also - if dad had his own time travel thing going on, well... he can make his own changes. Take life, live it, and stop trying endless do-overs.
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