![]() Leonard is an offbeat novelist who made his money writing a popular and lucrative sci-fi novel about 2 time travelling brothers that was made into a TV series. After meeting her long time best friend, the pregnant Sam, on her birthday, she ends up getting drunk and falling asleep, only to wake up at her childhood Pomander Walk home in 1996 on the morning of her 16th birthday. ![]() She tries to visit her ailing 73 year old father, Leonard, as much as she can, even though he cannot speak to her, he is going to die soon, it could be anytime and it has her reflecting on where she is in her life and what she has and has not achieved. Native New Yorker Alice is approaching her 40th birthday, she is working in the admissions office of the exclusive and expensive Belvedere School, which she herself had attended, leaving her feeling as if she had never left as she now interviews the children of parents she went to school with. She tries to visit her ailing 73 year old father, Leonard, as much as she can, Emma Straub's delightful time travelling novel celebrates New York City and explores the central father-daughter relationship. moreĮmma Straub's delightful time travelling novel celebrates New York City and explores the central father-daughter relationship. Is there anything that she would change if she could?. Now armed with a new perspective on her own life and his, some past events take on new meaning. But it isn't just her adolescent body that shocks her, or seeing her high school crush, it's her dad: the vital, charming, 40-something version of her father with whom she is reunited. When she wakes up the next morning she finds herself back in 1996, reliving her 16th birthday. But her father is ailing, and it feels to her as if something is missing. She's happy with her apartment, her romantic status, her independence, and she adores her lifelong best friend. She likes her job, even if it isn't exactly the one she expected. On the eve of her 40th birthday, Alice's life isn't terrible. 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. She's happy wi What if you could take a vacation to your past? 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.
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