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Today Will Be Different - Maria Semple
Today Will Be Different
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* Instant New York Times Bestseller *Named a Notable Book of 2016 by the Washington Post, one of Amazon's Top 100 Books of the Year, one of New York Times Book Review's 100 Notable Books, one of The Guardian's Best Books of 2016, one of NPR's Best Books of 2016, a Must-Read Book of 2016 by... show more
* Instant New York Times Bestseller *Named a Notable Book of 2016 by the Washington Post, one of Amazon's Top 100 Books of the Year, one of New York Times Book Review's 100 Notable Books, one of The Guardian's Best Books of 2016, one of NPR's Best Books of 2016, a Must-Read Book of 2016 by PopSugar, one of EW's 20 Best Books of 2016, one of Glamour's Top Ten Books of the Year, and one of Kirkus Reviews' "Best 100 Fiction Books of 2016"A brilliant novel from the author of Where'd You Go, Bernadette, about a day in the life of Eleanor Flood, forced to abandon her small ambitions and awake to a strange, new future.Eleanor knows she's a mess. But today, she will tackle the little things. She will shower and get dressed. She will have her poetry and yoga lessons after dropping off her son, Timby. She won't swear. She will initiate sex with her husband, Joe. But before she can put her modest plan into action-life happens. Today, it turns out, is the day Timby has decided to fake sick to weasel his way into his mother's company. It's also the day Joe has chosen to tell his office-but not Eleanor-that he's on vacation. Just when it seems like things can't go more awry, an encounter with a former colleague produces a graphic memoir whose dramatic tale threatens to reveal a buried family secret. TODAY WILL BE DIFFERENT is a hilarious, heart-filled story about reinvention, sisterhood, and how sometimes it takes facing up to our former selves to truly begin living.
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Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780316403450 (0316403458)
ASIN: 0316403458
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
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Mirkat Always Reading
Mirkat Always Reading rated it
3.0 Today Will Be Different
After having enjoyed Where'd You Go, Bernadette, I was excited to find another book by Maria Semple--and especially once I realized she had gotten Kathleen Wilhoite again, to narrate the audiobook. The two books appear to exist in the same universe, as the central character's son goes to The Galen ...
Irresponsible Reader
Irresponsible Reader rated it
3.5 Entertaining but left me wanting
It is 100% completely unfair to compare this book with Semple's previous novel, Where’d You Go, Bernadette -- but, man -- it's hard not to. The protagonists, their lifestyles, their problems, their families, their children's schools, their problems, what got them to Seattle and the career's they lef...
Thewanderingjew
Thewanderingjew rated it
3.0 The antics of the main character will often make the reader laugh out loud, but her son Timby will catpure the reader's heart!
Today Will Be Different, Maria Semple, author; Kathleen Wilhoite, narrator This amusing tale about what seems to be a perfect family will make the reader laugh out loud as the main character, Eleanor, bounces from crisis to crisis, many of her own making, many caused by her own rash decisions. Elean...
The Chocolate Lady's Book Reviews
The Chocolate Lady's Book Reviews rated it
3.0 Today Will Be Different
Semple made a splash with her previous novel, but does this book live up to that? Find out what I think in my review, here (2.5 stars). https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2016/09/30/different-yes-but/
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