Maybe in Another Life

De: Taylor Jenkins Reid

Narrado por: Julia Whelan

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo; now with a bonus conversation with Julia Whelan and Taylor Jenkins Reid, recorded exclusively for this edition.

At the age of twenty-nine, Hannah Martin still has no idea what she wants to do with her life. She has lived in six different cities and held countless meaningless jobs since graduating college. 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. 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.

Just after midnight, Gabby asks Hannah if she’s ready to go. A moment later, Ethan offers to give her a ride later if she wants to stay. Hannah hesitates. What happens if she leaves with Gabby? What happens if she leaves with Ethan?

In concurrent storylines, Hannah lives out the effects of each decision. Quickly, these parallel universes develop into radically different stories with large-scale consequences for Hannah, as well as the people around her. 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?

Hannah believes there is. And, in both worlds, she believes she’s found him.

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Have you ever wondered if you were living your life in an alternating universe as well as the one you are in now? Maybe in Another Life examines this idea using two alternating plotlines and parallel timelines.

Hannah Martin is at a crossroads in her life, a place she is not happy with the directions it is going in. Having just ended an affair with a married man she has decided to move from NYC back to her hometown of LA. She has temporarily moved in with her very close and best friend Gabby and her husband Mark. To celebrate the three of them meet up at a local club with old friends including Hannah ex-boyfriend Ethan. At the end of the celebration Hannah is presented with a choice .. go home with Gabby and Mark or stay at the club with Ethan.

In alternating chapters Reid explores Hannah’s life as she lives in each life path, looking for that perfect thing to make her happy and her fulfill her life. While on this alternating life journey Hannah will make the same career choices and come across the same people yet her life outcome will be different with Gabby as the only constant in her life than does not change .. no matter which path Hannah is following.

Author Taylor Jenkins Reid based this idea on her love for the movie Sliding Doors. Unlike Sliding Doors Reid wanted this story to explore that there could be different decisions that lead you to different places and that maybe there really is not one person that is your soulmate. Maybe in Another Life is an examination on faith, choices, soulmates and that there are many ways that we can be happy.

This is my fourth Taylor Jenkins Reid, the first two were for me quite a disappointment that I was about to shelf Reid as an author. Maybe in Another Life and One True Loves made me fall in love with this author’s writing.

This was an audiobook narrated by none other than Julian Whelan - I just love how she bring a story to life and draws you in.

Loved it

Loved to parallel story line and how life is choices as well as circumstances.

Intriguing

I really liked how it showed the parallel and Hannah’s to different lives, and that there is one constant within both , Gabby!

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I love a good multi universe story and the narrator is one of my favs :)

Loved this book!!!

This was such a good book. I couldn’t put it down. Loved both endings!!! Would recommend it highly.