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That was happiness. Not the framed greatest hits, but the moments between.
Today Will Be Different
Eleanor Flood is forced to sacrifice her tiny dreams when she awakens to a weird, new world developing in this brilliant novel from the author of Where'd You Go, Bernadette.
Eleanor is well aware that she is a shambles. Today, though, she will focus on the minor details. She'll shower and put on some clothes. After dropping off her kid, Timby, she will have her poetry and yoga sessions. She isn't going to swear. Joe, her spouse, will initiate sex with her. But life intervenes before she can put her modest plan into effect. Today, it turns out, is the day Timby has chosen to pretend to be ill in order to gain access to his mother's business. Joe has also picked this day to inform his office—but not Eleanor—that he is on vacation. When it appears that things can't get much worse, a chance contact with a former coworker results in a graphic memoir whose dramatic story threatens to uncover a long-hidden family secret.
Today will be Different is a humorous and heartfelt narrative about reinvention, sisterhood, and how addressing our previous selves can sometimes be the only way to actually begin living.
That was happiness. Not the framed greatest hits, but the moments between.
