Hardcover
Published Aug. 19, 2020 by Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc..
Where do you see yourself in five years?
When Type-A Manhattan lawyer Dannie Cohan is asked this question at the most important interview of her career, she has a meticulously crafted answer at the ready. Later, after nailing her interview and accepting her boyfriend’s marriage proposal, Dannie goes to sleep knowing she is right on track to achieve her five-year plan.
But when she wakes up, she’s suddenly in a different apartment, with a different ring on her finger, and beside a very different man. The television news is on in the background, and she can just make out the scrolling date. It’s the same night—December 15—but 2025, five years in the future.
After a very intense, shocking hour, Dannie wakes again, at the brink of midnight, back in 2020. She can’t shake what has happened. It certainly felt much more than merely a dream, but she isn’t the kind …
Where do you see yourself in five years?
When Type-A Manhattan lawyer Dannie Cohan is asked this question at the most important interview of her career, she has a meticulously crafted answer at the ready. Later, after nailing her interview and accepting her boyfriend’s marriage proposal, Dannie goes to sleep knowing she is right on track to achieve her five-year plan.
But when she wakes up, she’s suddenly in a different apartment, with a different ring on her finger, and beside a very different man. The television news is on in the background, and she can just make out the scrolling date. It’s the same night—December 15—but 2025, five years in the future.
After a very intense, shocking hour, Dannie wakes again, at the brink of midnight, back in 2020. She can’t shake what has happened. It certainly felt much more than merely a dream, but she isn’t the kind of person who believes in visions. That nonsense is only charming coming from free-spirited types, like her lifelong best friend, Bella. Determined to ignore the odd experience, she files it away in the back of her mind.
That is, until four-and-a-half years later, when by chance Dannie meets the very same man from her long-ago vision.
Brimming with joy and heartbreak, In Five Years is an unforgettable love story that reminds us of the power of loyalty, friendship, and the unpredictable nature of destiny.
Wow. Don't underestimate this book. It's slow but comfortable in the beginning. Well pruned sentences. I enjoyed it, but I didn't see what Serle was doing.
Trust her.
I have to say that this book was a huge surprise, for me. The story started in a manner that had me thinking it might be headed towards being a bit of science-fiction tale. But in the end, what I encountered was a moving (touching) story of love, friendship and mysticism. I am not normally inclined towards the chick-novel genre but this book is truly a wonderful read. It makes the world seem a little more hopeful even as we encounter and cope with pain.
I have no idea how this ended up on my library holds list (from a list of books or a friend's recommendation? no idea!) so when it popped up as available, I dove in blindly. It's not the type of book I'd normally gravitate toward – it's a thinly veiled romance – were it not for the hook: a quick premonition teases an unlikely future that the protagonist wants to prevent and readers want to understand.
Note: I'm being generous with my stars; it's hard to take a book seriously that repeatedly describes one of its adult characters as doing a seated shimmy.
This is no great work of literature - it’s solid chick-lit - which is exactly what I needed right now. Could not put it down and didn’t want it to end. Enjoyed the twists and turns.
