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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.
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I loved this -- it was exactly what I needed at the moment. What a great way to end the year!
What I love about Josie Silver's writing is how funny and relatable she is. The main reasons I rarely read romance are that you already know how it ends and they tend to feels very one-note, but that wasn't the case here. With both of her books, I've enjoyed the story tremendously, and I'm so happy she's coming out with a new book in the new year.
I thought this story might be sad or heavy, but it didn't feel that way. It was poignant and sweet, and had all the depth of contemporary fiction.
This year I learned that I read to learn and see characters grow, which came through lots of trial and error reading new genres. I had a tough go of getting into a reading flow this year, and this book reminded me of what I love about reading -- letting yourself enjoy the ride, for better or for worse.
I also love the paperback cover. The mirror images on the hardcover edition aren't my favorite, but the paperback is gorgeous and the typography is really cute throughout!