The Two Lives of Lydia Bird
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Two lives. Two loves. One impossible choice. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Reese's Book Club Pick One Day in December . . .
"I read The Two Lives of Lydia Bird in a single sitting. What a beautiful, emotional gift Josie Silver has given us."--Jodi Picoult 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. 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 Lydia's twenty-eighth birthday, Freddie died in a car accident. So now it's just Lydia, and all she wants is to 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 through the doorway to 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.
"I read The Two Lives of Lydia Bird in a single sitting. What a beautiful, emotional gift Josie Silver has given us."--Jodi Picoult 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. 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 Lydia's twenty-eighth birthday, Freddie died in a car accident. So now it's just Lydia, and all she wants is to 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 through the doorway to 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.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0593135911
ISBN13:9780593135914
Release Date:March 2021
Publisher:Dell
Length:416 Pages
Weight:0.71 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 5.1" x 7.9"
Customer Reviews
3 ratings
Heartbreakingly sweet
Published by KP , 2 years ago
A great story about loss, coping, and moving forward. For such a heavy and heartbreaking premises (main character losing her fiance...not a spoiler it happens right away), there is still levity. The characters are well-developed and are easily imagined as real people.
I liked the way each chapter was either Lydia in her real/awake world or Lydia in her "asleep" world where the fiance never died. It was a quirky, fantastic (as in fantasy) take on grief that can also be explained in a very real way.
I'm not sure why the other reviewers thought it was simply a love story/romance. The fact that Freddie dies and Lydia is working through her grief is right there in the description and on the back cover.
Synopsis was very misleading.
Published by Lindy , 3 years ago
I was expecting a romance story. A battle of her heart kind of romance. Being pulled between two loves.
It wasn’t about that at all. The whole book had this melancholy feel.
I really feel the synopsis was misleading. Disappointed in this book.
unexpected
Published by caroline , 4 years ago
when i started this book, I expected a romance primarily. However, this book was so much more than that. It was about Lydia's journey with grief and how it affects everyone in her life. It is also about her learning to let go, but not to forget. Yes, there was romance, but it was not rushed which i greatly appreciated. Overall, I enjoyed it.
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