The Tomorrow Box

Currency

De: Curtis Sittenfeld

Narrado por: Eric Dane

An unnervingly funny and sharply observant story about the privilege, class division, and purposeful lives of old friends by Curtis Sittenfeld, the New York Times bestselling author of Rodham.

Andy Wofford, middle-aged father and English teacher at a third-tier private school, receives a surprising invitation for a drink from an old college classmate. Once awkward and forgettable, Michael Kinnick has become a famous, wealthy, and absurdly confident lifestyle guru. Of all the people who’d want to catch up, why Michael? After thirty divergent years, why now? Mildly apprehensive, Andy is also very curious.

Curtis Sittenfeld’s The Tomorrow Box is part of Currency, a compounding collection of stories about wealth, class, competition, and collapse. If time is money, deposit here with interest. Read or listen in a single sitting.

©2021 Curtis Sittenfeld (P)2020 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Brilliant, as usual

Everything Ms Sittenfeld writes is brilliantly good. I think she's the best author in our current golden age of American fiction. Could we have more, please.

What happens when tomorrow never comes?

What happens when tomorrow never comes? It wasn’t s bad short story … But there’s supposed to be a point. This one? Never showed up :/

loved it.

enjoyed it thoroughly. loved the writing style, topic and characters. the narrator made the story.

Can’t believe this cost a whole credit!

Can not believe this story cost a whole credit! Atlas Shrugged cost a whole credit too!

ok but not worth the time

It was dull and no point to the tomorrow thing or the rich friend. Writing style was ok but story just lacked something.

Realistic and intriguing.

I found this very relatable. Practically gasped out loud when Michael asked Andy why he hadn’t been invited to his wedding. I too had a famous friend I inadvertently snubbed, although in my case I looked up to her, not the other way around. Many of my old friends are very successful and we meet up occasionally. So this just struck a chord with me. Very surprised to discover Sittenfield is a woman. She writes very convincingly from a man’s POV. Very talented. I will definitely read more by Sittenfield.

The humor and sensibility of Cll the writer

Humorous and wise. Love her writing. Success and fame doesn't mean happiness. Says a lot about what's important.

A very short story that goes nowhere.

Really wishing for more here. The character development was doing well and then the story just ended.

Skip this Non Story

I’m not sure what this story was supposed to be. It’s a dull and boring tale of a middle aged man who meets a college friend who’s become successful. It’s filled with boring details of suburban life with a wife and kids. There is no point to this story. Even the narration is dull and boring. Don’t waste your time.