The Repeat Year

The Repeat Year by Andrea Lochen

About The Book:

Everyone has days, weeks, even months they wish they could do over - but what about an entire year? 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. 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?

My Thoughts:

Wow. That is almost all I can say. I loved this book! This book is about second chances, and if we had one, would we do anything different, and what does that say about us? Yes, this is a love story, but it also the story of the woman, the person within, and getting to know herself (yourself) better. It makes you think! A great book!

About The Author:

Andrea Lochen earned her Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the University of Michigan. While there, she won a Hopwood Novel Award for a draft of The Repeat Year. She currently lives in suburban Milwaukee with her husband and teaches Creative Writing at the University of Wisconsin-Waukesha.

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