
The Repeat Year
A Novel
Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · May 7, 2013
Everyone has days, weeks, even months they wish they could do over—but what about an entire year?
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- Who it’s for
- A sustained, conversational novel that leans into relationships and the complications around them.
- Genres
- Contemporary Romance, Multiple-Timeline Fiction, Magical Realism
- Published
- Penguin Publishing Group, May 7, 2013
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Everyone has days, weeks, even months they wish they could do over—but what about an entire year?
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After living through the worst twelve months of her life, intensive care nurse Olive Watson is given a second chance to relive her past and attempt to discover where she went wrong… After a year of hardships, including a messy breakup with her longtime boyfriend Phil, the prospect of her mother’s remarriage, and heartbreaking patient losses at the hospital, Olive is ready to start fresh. But when she wakes up in her ex-boyfriend’s bed on New Year’s Day 2011—a day she has already lived—Olive’s world is turned upside down. Shouldering a year of memories that no one else can recall, even Olive begins to question herself—until she discovers that she is not alone. Upon crossing paths with Sherry Witan, an experienced “repeater,” Olive learns that she has the chance to rewrite her future. Given the opportunity of a lifetime, Olive has to decide what she really wants. Should she make different choices, or accept her life as she knows it, flaws and all? “An intriguing premise and some surprising twists make this an engaging, satisfying read that explores friendship, love and who we really are when it truly matters….A debut novel that offers a fascinating glimpse into one woman’s opportunity to rewrite her past and change her future.”—Kirkus Reviews
Why It Clicks
A sustained, conversational novel that leans into relationships and the complications around them.
Come here for
- book-club conversation
- later-life romance and divorce themes
Expect
- immersive fiction
- summer-read energy without the sugar rush
Where it sits
| Contemporary Romance | 41% |
|---|---|
| Multiple-Timeline Fiction | 39% |
| Magical Realism | 37% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Women's Fiction
- Authors
- Andrea Lochen
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Published
- May 7, 2013
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Women's Fiction