Once and Again

A Novel

De: Rebecca Serle

Narrado por: Julia Whelan

New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Serle, the author behind “heartbreaking, redemptive, and authentic” (Jamie Ford, New York Times bestselling author) modern classic In Five Years, returns with an unforgettable tale of a family of women with an astonishing gift: the ability to redo one moment in their lives.

The women of the Novak family were each born with a gift: they can, just once, turn back time.

Lauren has known since she was fifteen that her mother Marcella saved Lauren’s father from a deadly car accident. Dave is alive and happy, and out on the Malibu waves. But ever since, Marcella, her power spent, has lived in fear of what she won’t be able to reverse. Her own mother, Sylvia, is her polar opposite: a free-spirited iconoclast with a glamorous past she only hints at. Lauren has spent her life between these two role models—and waiting for her own catastrophe to strike.

Then one summer, Lauren’s husband takes a job in New York and she moves back to Broad Beach Road, back into her childhood home on the shores of Malibu. Lauren looks forward to surfing with her dad again and perhaps repairing an unspoken fracture in her relationship with her mother. What she doesn’t expect is for the boy next to door to return home as well: Stone, Lauren’s first love, who broke her heart nearly a decade before.

As Lauren falls into familiar patterns, with her family and, more dangerously, Stone, she finds herself thinking about all the choices, large and small, that have brought her to this moment. And wondering, finally, if one of them should be undone.

Needed more

This was good. Not great. The character development of Leo and Stone both felt lacking. The book felt a little rushed. Could’ve been longer, imo and would’ve been better. I did not like how POV switched chapter to chapter but there was no distinguishing at the beginning of a new chapter. The use of the last ticket was a poor choice. I’d get this from the library. Not worth a credit, imo.

Sweet Story

Heartwarming but a bit over the top family story. Great narration as always with Julia Whelan.

Felt like a cozy easy to listen to book, thoroughly enjoyed

Maybe it was the fact that Julia Whelan was reading this, but I really enjoyed this book from start to finish as someone who has gone through infertility myself. The emotions and feelings felt so relatable. The story was fresh but familiar. I love her spins and only wish it was longer! I wish there was more character development on Leo and felt like we spent most of the time getting to know Stone, but all in all another great book by Rebecca and an easy listen to while doing chores!

Loved this

This was so good!!! I LOVED the story and found it to be really heartfelt and such a good perceptive on life