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by Josie Silver
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Ballantine Books
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Lydia and Freddie. Freddie and Lydia. They'd been together for more than a decade, and Lydia thought their love was indestructible.
But she was wrong. On her twenty-eighth birthday, Freddie died in a car accident.
So now it's just Lydia, and all she wants to do is hide indoors and sob until her eyes fall out. But Lydia knows that Freddie would want her to try to live fully, happily, even without him. So, enlisting the help of his best friend, Jonah, and her sister, Elle, she takes her first tentative steps into the world, open to life--and perhaps even love--again.
But then something inexplicable happens that gives her another chance at her old life with Freddie. A life where none of the tragic events of the past few months have happened.
Lydia is pulled again and again across the doorway of her past, living two lives, impossibly, at once. But there's an emotional toll to returning to a world where Freddie, alive, still owns her heart. Because there's someone in her new life, her real life, who wants her to stay.
Written with Josie Silver's trademark warmth and wit, The Two Lives of Lydia Bird is a powerful and thrilling love story about the what-ifs that arise at life's crossroads, and what happens when one woman is given a miraculous chance to answer them.
But she was wrong. On her twenty-eighth birthday, Freddie died in a car accident.
So now it's just Lydia, and all she wants to do is hide indoors and sob until her eyes fall out. But Lydia knows that Freddie would want her to try to live fully, happily, even without him. So, enlisting the help of his best friend, Jonah, and her sister, Elle, she takes her first tentative steps into the world, open to life--and perhaps even love--again.
But then something inexplicable happens that gives her another chance at her old life with Freddie. A life where none of the tragic events of the past few months have happened.
Lydia is pulled again and again across the doorway of her past, living two lives, impossibly, at once. But there's an emotional toll to returning to a world where Freddie, alive, still owns her heart. Because there's someone in her new life, her real life, who wants her to stay.
Written with Josie Silver's trademark warmth and wit, The Two Lives of Lydia Bird is a powerful and thrilling love story about the what-ifs that arise at life's crossroads, and what happens when one woman is given a miraculous chance to answer them.
Josie Silver knows people. She writes straight from her heart; all the pain, love, torment, joy is written in ways that cause you to live out each book. Her first one, One Day in December, was a book club super pick because of the connection the author prompts us to have with her characters. And hold onto to your heart - this book is no exception!
Grab a blanket, cup of coffee or tea and prepare to inhale this book! Oh yeah, and don't forget the tissue! I must add, it's so captivating at times that I hade to personally take a few breathers. Not everyone else in the club felt this way, so it may be linked to personal experience.
Without a doubt The Two Lives of Lydia Bird is a super winner at 5-incredible stars for us all!
Grab a blanket, cup of coffee or tea and prepare to inhale this book! Oh yeah, and don't forget the tissue! I must add, it's so captivating at times that I hade to personally take a few breathers. Not everyone else in the club felt this way, so it may be linked to personal experience.
Without a doubt The Two Lives of Lydia Bird is a super winner at 5-incredible stars for us all!
