About the Book
A fiendishly clever, nostalgic, and tender novel about how we must cherish what we have while there is still time
Alice 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 . . .
About the Author :
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.
Review :
Straub has made a mastery of witty, warm novels that spin modern tales with literary flair. Her fourth might be her best. A clever, nostalgic, romantic tale. Part-Russian Doll, part-David Nicholls, it has the makings of a dreamy, witty, contemporary classic
Poignant
Her most emotionally resonant work yet ... a complex tale that doesn't feel the slightest bit complicated
An excellent time-travelling novel about adolescence and second chances from the always brilliant Emma Straub
A tender tale of time travel. Straub strips back the layers to reveal what's important. It makes you want to stop what you're doing and call your loved ones immediately
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
Shines with humour and warmth
One of the most moving and intelligent time travel novels I have ever read. Nostalgic, wise, funny, and filled with love
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
Deliciously warm and nostalgic
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
A tender, witty David Nicholls-esque tale of familial love
This autobiographical novel is delightfully nostalgic but the beauty of it rests in its tenderness and wisdom - a reminder of what's important and what we should cherish in life
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
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
Can't recommend this deeply moving and pleasurable book more
This time-travelling take on a hypothetical return to 1996 and the protagonist's 16th birthday will be enough to remind you to cherish what you have
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
A teasing time-slip novel, imbued with all Straub's trademark humour and humanity
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
A wonderful book . . . about how we need to cherish those we have lost
Magical, heart-warming and insightful . . . Warm, wryly funny and melancholic, This Time Tomorrow asks the big questions of life while revelling in 90s nostalgia and the allure of New York City in the fall
Full of deftly managed plot twists, it's both fun and poignant
A heartfelt father-daughter story that breathes fresh life into the concept of time travel
Not every book teaches you something, but Emma Straub's insightful novel does. Witty observations and beautiful writing
Delightfully nostalgic but the beauty of it rests in its tenderness and wisdom - a reminder of what's important and what we should cherish in life
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
This New York-set story about time travel will break your heart
This grown-up take on Freaky Friday balances humour and poignancy so well
Enlivened by Straub's typically acerbic prose and quirky characters, not to mention a good dose of 90s nostalgia
A wonderfully bittersweet story willed with humour, compassion and poignancy
Has a lot of heart, some satisfying plot twists and a bittersweet, open ended finale
Clever, complex and really rather lovely
Alice is a joy of a character . . . Straub brings the bittersweet passing of youth to adulthood to life in vivid detail, with a story steeped in 1990s nostalgia. It's a book to devour
Emotionally resonant. Captivating
Delightful
Heartfelt
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
Smart and entertaining
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
It's the beautifully drawn, vibrant characters that make this smart, compelling novel so irresistible
A funny and insightful look at love and relationships
A smart, cool sensibility
Lovely, satisfying
Smart and fresh, offering new insights into the lives of people all around us
Thoughtful and hilarious
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
Emma Straub is such a funny and brilliant writer and this time-travelling tale is a charming exploration of what it would be like to find yourself younger and surrounded by the people you love when they're still at the height of their power
Wise and often hilarious
Readers will devour this witty and warmly satisfying novel
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
Devilishly observed
Sprinkled with humour and insight
Straub is consistently excellent
