But instead, The Things We Lostby Maggie Giles was full of twists, suspenseful, insightful, and a little dark. I read the melancholic title of this book and the allusion to a sliding doors romance in the description, and I made up my mind about what this book journey would be-a little sad but full of romance and feel-good do-overs. I expected a sliding doors romance and got a perfect suspense! But is this new do-over exactly what she needs, even if it means never seeing her daughters again?įor fans of Amy Impellizzeri's Lemongrass Hope and Taylor Jenkins Reid's Maybe In Another Life, that will have you wondering, what if? As Maddie navigates this new world, she realizes she is the product of her own unhappiness. Her daughters don’t exist, her husband is nowhere to be found, and her friend is still alive, four years after her funeral. The next morning, she wakes up twenty-six years old and in a completely different life. Burdened with regret and unhappiness, Maddie wonders how her life could have been different. When she runs into her ex-boyfriend, the memories come flying back in full force. Now in an unfulfilling marriage, she realizes how much the guilt has led to an unhappy life. Maddie Butler has been haunted for fourteen years. After the suspicious death of a friend when she was twenty-two, Maddie tried to move on, convincing herself there was nothing she could have done.
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