Georgie McCool knows her marriage is in trouble. That it's been in trouble for a long time. She still loves her husband, Neal, and Neal still loves her, deeply -- but that almost seems beside the point now. Maybe that was always besides the point. Two days before they're supposed to visit Neal's family in Omaha for Christmas, Georgie tells Neal that she can't go. She's a TV writer, and something's come up on her show; she has to stay in Los Angeles. She knows that Neal will be upset with her -- Neal is always a little upset with Georgie -- but she doesn't expect to him to pack up the kids and go home without her. When her husband and the kids leave for the airport, Georgie wonders if she's finally done it. If she's ruined everything. That night, Georgie discovers a way to communicate with Neal in the past. It's not time travel, not exactly, but she feels like she's been given an opportunity to fix her marriage before it starts. Is that what she's supposed to do? Or would Georgie and Neal be better off if their marriage never happened?
Wow! Trying to recover from the feels. RR always does this to me. She is just so good at constructing beautiful, funny, sweet, endearing stories that are filled with these ordinary characters who are extraordinary. This is Georgie's story. She stays home from a family trip in order to work. When she and he husband part, she is uneasy about how he left. This is when Georgie starts combing through the memory banks. These recollections are so lovely, you cannot help but get a little choked up. In addition to these walks down memory lane, Georgie finds that she is able to communicate with "young" Neal, "before" they got engaged and married Neal, back when they were having some relationship problems "Neal". These interactions made me fall in love more and more each time with GeorgieAndNeal.
A few things to love here 1. The characters were about my age. I don't often read romances with people around my age, so that was pretty cool. 2. This is a love story between married people. I am used to reading about people falling in love, and beginning new relationships. This is a story of exploring the love you have and finding out how much you value it. Everyone is guilty of taking things for granted, Georgie is no exception. She only hopes she is in time. 3. RR is funny, like, really funny. This woman cracks me up and she must be about my age, because I always get all her pop culture references. (WIN!)
If you are looking for a beautiful story of two REAL people in love, who have to juggle real life along with maintaining the romance, you will love this book. I have now read all of RR's books, and I cannot wait for the next one.
