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Staff Reviews
An ode to NYC. A bit of romance, a bit of time travel, a lot beautiful, complicated friendship. Dannie has planned out her life pretty carefully, and then a glimpse into the future leaves her reeling. Nothing looks as she would have imagined. She returns to the present moment and spends the next few years fighting to hold onto the life she thought she wanted, even as it becomes increasingly clear it's not the life for her. Super surprising, heartbreakingly sad, full of love and redemption.
— Genay
An ode to NYC. A bit of romance, a bit of time travel, a lot beautiful, complicated friendship. Dannie has planned out her life pretty carefully, and then a glimpse into the future leaves her reeling. Nothing looks as she would have imagined. She returns to the present moment and spends the next few years fighting to hold onto the life she thought she wanted, even as it becomes increasingly clear it's not the life for her. Super surprising, heartbreakingly sad, full of love and redemption.
— Genay
March 2020 Indie Next List
“Rebecca Serle’s In Five Years has so many of the things I want in a terrific novel: a twisty plot that leaves me guessing; radically unexpected developments; settings that I can see, smell, and taste; and probably the thing that Serle does best — an introduction to characters I’ll grow to care about and shed tears with. That last one? The tear thing? In Five Years had me weeping for the last part of a coast-to-coast flight, prompting the flight attendant to hand me a drink because, she said, it looked like I needed one. I loved this book and can’t wait to offer it to readers.”
— Nick Petrulakis, Brookline Booksmith, Brookline, MA
Description
Perfect for fans of Me Before You and One Day--a striking, powerful, and moving love story following an ambitious lawyer who experiences an astonishing vision that could change her life forever. Where do you see yourself in five years? When Type-A Manhattan lawyer Dannie Cohan is asked this question at the most important interview of her career, she has a meticulously crafted answer at the ready. Later, after nailing her interview and accepting her boyfriend's marriage proposal, Dannie goes to sleep knowing she is right on track to achieve her five-year plan.
But when she wakes up, she's suddenly in a different apartment, with a different ring on her finger, and beside a very different man. The television news is on in the background, and she can just make out the scrolling date. It's the same night--December 15--but 2025, five years in the future.
After a very intense, shocking hour, Dannie wakes again, at the brink of midnight, back in 2020. She can't shake what has happened. It certainly felt much more than merely a dream, but she isn't the kind of person who believes in visions. That nonsense is only charming coming from free-spirited types, like her lifelong best friend, Bella. Determined to ignore the odd experience, she files it away in the back of her mind.
That is, until four-and-a-half years later, when by chance Dannie meets the very same man from her long-ago vision.
Brimming with joy and heartbreak,
In Five Years is an unforgettable love story that reminds us of the power of loyalty, friendship, and the unpredictable nature of destiny.
