The Impossible Us
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- USD 4.99
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- USD 4.99
Publisher Description
One of The New York Times best Fantasy novels of 2022!
"An utterly delightful epistolary romance....The Impossible Us is that rare 'I laughed, I cried' book."—The New York Times
Nick: Failed writer. Failed husband. Dog owner.
Bee: Serial dater. Dress maker. Pringles enthusiast.
One day, their paths cross over a misdirected email. The connection is instant, electric. They feel like they’ve known each other all their lives. So they decide to meet.
While Nick buys a new suit, and gets his courage up, Bee steps away from her desk, and sets off to meet him at a London train station. With their happily-ever-after nearly in hand, what happens next is incredible and threatens to separate them forever.
As their once in a lifetime connection is tested, Nick and Bee will discover whether being together is an impossible chance worth taking.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Lotz (Missing Person) impresses with this witty and gentle sci-fi tale of love across the multiverse. In 2019, 45-year-old freelance editor Nick Belcher's nasty email to a nonpaying client accidentally ends up in 39-year-old wedding dress upcycler Bee Davies's inbox, and their ensuing correspondence sparks immediate attraction. When Nick's moribund marriage ends suddenly, he and Bee decide to meet in person—but when they can't find each other at their meeting place, they realize they live in slightly different universes. Nick's world has no Tinder and Donald Trump is not president but rather convicted of ecocide, among other changes. As they can't be together, they hatch a plan for the next best thing: each finding the version of the other in their own world. Bee manages to connect with Nick's doppelgänger, a successful author, but the Bee in Nick's world is already married to a millionaire. Nick holds out hope when he senses not all is well in her marriage—before a dangerous possibility of bridging the glitch between worlds upends everything. Lotz perfectly balances the heavy with the light, and creates a feeling of genuine connection between her protagonists. The eccentric side characters and strong humor meshes nicely with the earnest, tender romance. The result is simply delightful.
