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  • In Five Years

  • By: Rebecca Serle
  • Narrated by: Megan Hilty
  • Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (439 ratings)

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In Five Years

By: Rebecca Serle
Narrated by: Megan Hilty
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Summary

Perfect for fans of Me Before You and One Day, this heart-breaking story of love, loss and life will have you questioning everything you thought you knew about destiny . . .

Where do you see yourself in five years?

Type-A Manhattan lawyer Dannie Kohan has been in possession of her meticulously crafted answer since she understood the question. On the day that she nails the most important job interview of her career and gets engaged to the perfect man, she's well on her way to fulfilling her life goals.

That night Dannie falls asleep only to wake up in a different apartment with a different ring on her finger, and in the company of a very different man. The TV is on in the background, and she can just make out the date. It's the same night - December 15th - but 2025, five years in the future.

It was just a dream, she tells herself when she wakes, but it felt so real . . . 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 Dannie turns down a street and there, standing on the corner, is the man from her dream . . .

In Five Years is a love story, brimming with joy and heartbreak. But it is definitely not the love story you're expecting.

©2020 Rebecca Serle (P)2020 Simon & Schuster Audio
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Critic reviews

"What a clever, beautiful, special book. The writing is stunning, the concept is so original - it just has everything going for it. I loved every page!" (Beth O'Leary, author of Sunday Times best seller The Flatshare)

"I loved In Five Years. A beautiful, intelligent story about friendships and love." (Clare Mackintosh, Sunday Times best-selling author of After the End)

"I read it in one late night. Very, very clever. And lovely. The end is exactly what it should be." (Anstey Harris, author of Richard & Judy Book Club pick The Truths and Triumphs of Grace Atherton)

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Not what you expected

Lovely book. Real people. Real friends. Real life. Honest and emotional people. This could be so true

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better in print version

This is a beautiful story but I could not get along with the audible version due to American accent. I switched to kindle and found that I could not put it down until I had finished it. Beautiful story of friendship and loss.

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Unexpected

Slow to start; seemed predictable until it wasn't. A different kind of love story. Appreciated.

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it was good and just okay at the same time!

narrating was great. not sure the characters were overly likeable though if I'm honest

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Struggled to Finish!

The story just didn't grab me and so I didn't feel invested in the characters.

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captivating!!

Really enjoyable read! Kept me on edge throughout the whole of the story, the happiness, the sadness, the ending.... how it all happened.... gripping.... would read again thank you

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brilliant

loved it! great narration. storyline had me totally hooked, sad but warming at the same time.

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Beautiful moving story

Loved everything about this book. Beautifully written. Really could imagine and envisage the characters especially Dani and Bella. Narrator was one of the best I’ve heard and I listen to about 4/6 books a month whilst out walking. Definitely need to check out more books by this author. Ok

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Beautiful, heartbreaking and honest

Incredibly heart warming, heart breaking and life affirming story which is told in a really honest way. Great narration. Loved it

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Beautiful and not in a way expected

It’s so easy to become totally invested in the characters, the way the plot develops from the opening chapters makes you anticipate the ending only for it to be spun in a heartbreakingly beautiful and unexpected way. Will be telling everyone I know to read it

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