Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid

It wasn’t the novel of hers that was highest on my TBR list or the one that people recommended I start with, but since it was the only one available I decided to dive in, craving a break from my typical YA books in favor of exploring the lives of characters in their later 20s. I’d been wanting to pick up Taylor Jenkins Reid book for a really, really long time when I saw that Maybe in Another Life was available through my library’s Overdrive account. They are, in fact, the very definition of who you are.” I’d go so far as to say your actions in love are not an exception to who you are. I no longer believe that all’s fair in love and war. “I don’t believe that being in love absolves you of anything. And, in both worlds, she believes she’s found him.

As the two alternate realities run their course, Maybe in Another Life raises questions about fate and true love: Is anything meant to be? How much in our life is determined by chance? And perhaps, most compellingly: Is there such a thing as a soul mate? Quickly, these parallel universes develop into radically different stories with large-scale consequences for Hannah, as well as the people around her. In concurrent storylines, Hannah lives out the effects of each decision. What happens if she leaves with Gabby? What happens if she leaves with Ethan? A moment later, Ethan offers to give her a ride later if she wants to stay. Just after midnight, Gabby asks Hannah if she’s ready to go. Shortly after getting back to town, Hannah goes out to a bar one night with Gabby and meets up with her high school boyfriend, Ethan. On the heels of leaving yet another city, Hannah moves back to her hometown of Los Angeles and takes up residence in her best friend Gabby’s guestroom. She has lived in six different cities and held countless meaningless jobs since graduating college.

Published by Washington Square Press on July 7th 2015įrom the acclaimed author of Forever, Interrupted and After I Do comes a breathtaking new novel about a young woman whose fate hinges on the choice she makes after bumping into an old flame in alternating chapters, we see two possible scenarios unfold-with stunningly different results.Īt the age of twenty-nine, Hannah Martin still has no idea what she wants to do with her life.

Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins ReidĪlso by this author: One True Loves, After I Do, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Forever, Interrupted, Daisy Jones & The Six