"Just glorious: moving, thought-provoking, life-affirming. I loved this book!" — Lucy Foley, New York Times bestselling author
"I challenge you not to cry." — Sophie Cousens, New York Times bestselling author
"A timeless classic." — Hazel Gaynor, New York Times bestselling author
"Haunting, moody, clever and affecting." — Gillian McAllister, New York Times bestselling author
"Heartwarming and life-affirming- a gorgeous read." — Louise O'Neill
"Thought-provoking, tear-jerking, and page-turning- an amazing and amusing book that will really make you think about your life." — Katie Fforde
"Ingenious, intriguing, and so emotional." — Jill Mansell
"Deeply moving, extremely funny, brilliantly knowing, and fabulously observed... Heartbreaking but simultaneously life-affirming. A total triumph." — Daisy Buchanan
"Superbly plotted, shockingly breathtaking- heartbreaking, poignant, and beautifully written... A love story like no other." — Cathy Bramley
“Major draws on Groundhog Day for a poignant tale of love, regret, and second chances involving a London couple…Women’s fiction fans will love this tearjerker.” — Publishers Weekly
“A story of mindfulness and joy in the small routines of love and family.” — Kirkus Reviews
2023-02-23
A harried London woman lives the same day over and over again, with her husband always dying at 10:17 p.m.
Time fragments and collides in this story encompassing the first meeting, marriage, child-rearing, lockdown, and post-lockdown lives of Emma and Dan, a married couple in their early 40s. The first time Dan dies, Emma is a harried literary agent so focused on her work, volunteering, and support of everyone outside her family that she has forgotten the anniversary of her first meeting with Dan and missed the clues that something is very amiss with both of their children and their dog. Dan is crushed that she's forgotten the anniversary—she's the one who suggested they celebrate every year with heartfelt letters to one another. He’s written to her every year since—including the year he moved out because of his grief over losing his mother and his inability to be the parent to his newborn daughter that he should have been. Author Major has told Dan’s story of his and Emma’s lives together, and his love and frustrations with his partner's complexities, through these annual letters. Emma’s story of growth and change is told through her first-person account of living that single day over and over again. Dan always dies, but Emma's experience of her relationship with him and her family changes as she relives every day. Fans of the 1998 movie Sliding Doors will enjoy this book. Experiences of anguish, depression, grief, and anger as well as those of patience, love, acceptance, and peace are all addressed.
A story of mindfulness and joy in the small routines of love and family.