The Book of Tomorrow

Ahern, Cecelia

ISBN 10: 0007316399 ISBN 13: 9780007316397

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2009

Synopsis

The magical and mesmerising story of how tomorrow can change what happens today.

Tamara’s childhood. With her mother shut away with grief, and her aunt busy tending to her, Tamara is lonely and bored and longs to return to Dublin.

When a travelling library passes through Kilsaney Demesne, Tamara is intrigued. She needs a distraction. Her eyes rest on a mysterious large leather bound tome locked with a gold clasp and padlock. With some help, Tamara finally manages to open the book.  What she discovers within the pages takes her breath away and shakes her world to its core.

Told in Cecelia’s imitable style, The Girl of Tomorrow is a mesmerising and magical story for this autumn.

About this title

Review:

Acclaim for Cecelia Ahern:

'A sensational debut novel that proves true love never dies.' Cosmopolitan

'A wonderfully life-affirming, witty debut.' Company

'Like an Irish Sleepless in Seattle and almost certainly the chick-lit bestseller of the year.' In Style

'Heartwarmingly good.' Heat

'A wonderfully warm and witty debut from a terrific new writer...This exceptional novel about bereavement, friendship and lost love is both heartbreaking and uplifting.' Express

'A heartwarming, completely absorbing tale of love and friendship.' Company

From the Back Cover:

What if we knew what tomorrow would bring?

Would we fix it? Could we?

Born into the lap of luxury, sixteen-year-old Tamara Goodwin has never had to look to tomorrow, until the abrupt death of her father leaves her and her mother a mountain of debt and forces them to move in with Tamara's peculiar aunt and uncle in a tiny countryside village. Lonely and bored, Tamara's only diversion is a traveling library. There she finds a large leather-bound book with a gold clasp and padlock. Intrigued, she pries the lock open, and what she finds inside takes her breath away.

Tamara sees entries written in her handwriting and dated for the next day, and when they happen exactly as recorded, she realizes she may have found the solution to her problems. But Tamara soon learns that some pages are better left unturned and that, try as she might, she can't interfere with fate.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0007316399
• ISBN 13: 9780007316397
• Binding: Audio CD