Published: July 8th, 2014
“Georgie McCool knows her marriage is in trouble; it has been in trouble for a long time. She still loves her husband, Neal, and Neal still loves her, deeply — but that almost seems beside the point now.
Maybe that was always beside the point.
Two days before they’re supposed to visit Neal’s family in Omaha for Christmas, Georgie tells Neal that she can’t go. She’s a TV writer, and something’s come up on her show; she has to stay in Los Angeles. She knows that Neal will be upset with her — Neal is always a little upset with Georgie — but she doesn’t expect him to pack up the kids and go home without her.
When her husband and the kids leave for the airport, Georgie wonders if she’s finally done it. If she’s ruined everything.
That night, Georgie discovers a way to communicate with Neal in the past. It’s not time travel, not exactly, but she feels like she’s been given an opportunity to fix her marriage before it starts…
Is that what she’s supposed to do?
Or would Georgie and Neal be better off if their marriage never happened?”
I finished this book in a day. I couldn’t put it down. Rainbow Rowell switched from her usual young adult type and went to a more adult route. I honestly think this book was one of the best she’s written. Georgie McCool deals with a lot of problems that many adults deal with on a daily basis. This particular story shows the problem of when a person has to choose between work and their home life. Georgie’s husband and children are going to Nebraska for Christmas…without her! As a comedic writer, Georgie wants to hit the deal of a lifetime, but she misses her family. After missing each other on the phone, Georgie tried to call her family from her mom’s landline. That’s where the story gets interesting. She finally gets a hold of her husband, but not from present day..but from 1998 (the last time he went home for Christmas). The plot of this story is something I’ve personally never heard of before and I think that’s why it made it as good as it was. It was completely unique and had be laughing, but tearing up at the end. Such a great story. I would love to reread this story again and again.
Rating: ★★★★★
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