Maybe Next Time: A Novel
Written by Cesca Major
Narrated by Clare Corbett
4/5
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About this audiobook
A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK
A heartwarming and emotionally poignant time-loop novel about a stressed woman who must relive the same day over and over, keeping her family and work life from imploding as she attempts to spare her husband from an unfortunate fate.
It is an ordinary Monday and harried London literary agent Emma is flying out of the door as usual. Preoccupied with work and her ever growing to-do list, she fails to notice her lovely husband Dan seems bereft, her son can barely meet her eye, and her daughter won’t go near her. Even the dog seems sad.
She is far too busy, buried deep in her phone; social media alerts pinging; clients messaging with “emergencies”; keeping track of a dozen WhatsApp groups about the kids’ sports, school, playdates, all of it. Her whole day is frantic—what else is new—and as she rushes back through the door for dinner, Dan is still upset. They fight, and he walks out, desolate, dragging their poor dog around the block. Just as she realizes it is their anniversary and she has forgotten, again, she hears the screech of brakes.
Dan is dead.
The next day Emma wakes up… and Dan is alive. And it’s Monday again.
And again.
And again.
Emma tries desperately to change the course of fate by doing different things each time she wakes up: leaving WhatsApp, telling her boss where to get off, writing to Dan, listening to her kids, reaching out to forgotten friends, getting drunk and buying out Prada. But will Emma have the chance to find herself again, remember what she likes about her job, reconnect with her children, love her husband? Will this be enough to change the fate they seem destined for?
A moving “What if” story of what it is to be a woman in the modern world—never feeling we’re getting it quite right—about learning to slow down and appreciate life that is sure to resonate with women’s fiction readers.
Cesca Major
Cesca Major is a novelist and screenwriter. Her book Maybe Next Time was selected for the Reese Book Club and is being developed for film by Hello Sunshine and Apple Originals. She writes for television and has adapted If I Were You for film with 42 and Amazon. She is published in over 12 countries with books under different names. She was shortlisted for a HWA Gold Crown, the RNA’s Romantic Comedy Award, and longlisted for a CWA Gold Dagger. Having worked in television as a presenter, Cesca enjoys live events, festivals and teaching creative writing. She regularly vlogs writing tips. She lives in Berkshire, England, with her husband and three young children. She is so far resisting getting a dog.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Although it is not the first book with a time loop setting I did enjoy it, especially looking back from the ending. It is an entertaining audiobook that lingers longer than I expected.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I’m not sure I would have enjoyed it as much reading the book. I listened to the audiobook and kept anticipating the next night.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Great book, worst ending. This book had me rethinking how we all go through life and how suddenly it can be cut short. I wanted to hug my kids and husband and pay more attention to them. Most definitely one of the best books I have read in awhile, but the ending made me want to throw my phone out of the door and scream. Not at all what I expected!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I cried and I loved, most of all I loved all those letters!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I have no words. I had literal goosebumps after the last chapter. That last letter from Dan was EVERYTHING.