This Time Tomorrow

This Time Tomorrow
Emma Straub
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Trade Paperback
h234 x 153mm - 304pg
9 Jun 2022 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9780241453476
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A fiendishly clever, nostalgic, and tender novel about how we must cherish what we have while there is still timeAlice Stern isn' t ready to turn forty. She thought she' d have it figured out by now, and have spent more time with her father Leonard, who is very sick. When she wakes up outside their old apartment on her birthday, she' s surprised to see a much younger Leonard, with a sixteenth birthday card for Alice, who is rapidly approaching adulthood . . . Alice soon realises she can keep coming back. Faced each time with different versions of her life, and the consequences of her decisions, Alice must not to lose sight of what she wants most- some time back with Leonard . . .
I just finished This Time Tomorrow and I' m crying at its message and its honestly and its utter beauty. And now I have to go call my mom -- Jodi Picoult This Time Tomorrow is a beautifully made, elegant music box of a novel that sets in motion its clever clockwork of delight-then breaks your heart with its bittersweet, lingering song -- Michael Chabon If I could time travel, I' d go back just far enough to start Emma Straub' s beautiful novel This Time Tomorrow again for the first time. 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 A witty, warm novel about love and letting go, This Time Tomorrow is a rare gem. Emma Straub is such an elegant storyteller - I couldn' t put it down -- Phoebe Luckhurst, author of The Lock In Emma Straub' s This Time Tomorrow is that rare one-in-a-million novel that not only pulls you wholly into itself, but leaves a lasting mark when it finally releases you. Never has Straub' s writing been more incisive, clever, and emotionally generous-which is really saying something. The kind of book that will make you laugh, make you cry, and make you call the people you love. Exceptional -- Emily Henry, author of You, Me on Vacation Time travel is a popular trope in fiction, and Straub deploys it brilliantly in her effervescent new novel. . . . . Straub is an expert chronicler of social mores and the inner lives of her (mostly) bourgeois characters, and here she delivers a surefire bestseller * Oprah Daily * The always delightful, deeply beloved Emma Straub returns with a novel that seems like her take on 13-going-on-30. . . . It' s Straub, so you know it' s going to be funny, touching, and filled with family drama * Glamour * A heartfelt father-daughter story that breathes fresh life into the concept of time travel * Living North * With her celebrated humour, 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 * Biblio * Praise for Emma Straub * - * ' A gorgeous and witty storyteller' Funny, poignant and beautifully observed Straub writes beautifully and amusingly . . . hard to beat for sheer charm and gentle wit * Daily Mail * Smart and entertaining * Stylist * Hugely talented . . . intelligent holiday reading Warm and big-hearted . . . leaves you smiling for days Straub writes with such verve and sympathetic understanding of her characters . . . Reading this novel has all the pleasures of reading one of Anne Tyler' s compelling family portraits * New York Times * It' s the beautifully drawn, vibrant characters that make this smart, compelling novel so irresistible A funny and insightful look at love and relationships * Good Housekeeping * A smart, cool sensibility * Elle * Lovely, satisfying * EW. com * Smart and fresh, offering new insights into the lives of people all around us * Brooklyn Magazine * Thoughtful and hilarious * Real Simple * It would be easy to compare Straub to other masters of the genre like Meg Wolitzer or Jennifer Egan, but she' s already a master in her own right * The Millions * Wise and often hilarious * Buzzfeed * Readers will devour this witty and warmly satisfying novel * Publishers Weekly * A precise and observant writer whose supple prose carries the story along without a snag. Straub' s characters are a quirky and interesting bunch . . . it' s a pleasure spending time with them * Starred Review, Kirkus * Devilishly observed * Starred Review, Booklist * Sprinkled with humour and insight * Starred Review, Library Journal * Straub is consistently excellent * Book Riot *
Emma Straub is the New York Times bestselling author of four novels, The Vacationers, Modern Lovers, Laura Lamont' s Life in Pictures, All Adults Here and the short story collection Other People We Married. Her books have been published in twenty countries. She and her husband own Books Are Magic, an independent bookstore in Brooklyn, New York.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780241453476
Published: 9 Jun 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Michael Joseph
Publisher: Penguin Books
Format: Trade Paperback
Height: 234mm
Width: 153mm
Spine: 40mm
Weight: 700g
Pages: 304

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