The Regrets -

Amy Bonnafons

Little, Brown and Company

2020

320 páginas

10h 40m

ISBN-10: 0316516163

Rachel, a solitary young woman living in hipster Brooklyn, longs to find someone to connect with, but can't seem to relate to any of her peers. One day while riding the bus she meets Thomas, a cute, smart, handsome kindred spirit who seems like soulmate material. There's just one tiny problem: He's dead.

Stuck in a surreal limbo governed by bureaucracy, Thomas is unable to "cross over" to the afterlife until he completes a 90-day stint on earth during which he must follow very specific rules, one of which forbids falling in love with a mortal. Irresistibly drawn to each other, Thomas and Rachel decide that it's worth breaking the laws of the universe in order to have a genuine human connection, only to find themselves totally unprepared for the consequences.

In her dazzling debut novel, Amy Bonnaffons brings her unique brand of slyly funny magical realism to the mystery of the afterlife, exploring the possibility of love (and sex, and jealousy, and heartbreak, and redemption) across two metaphysical realms. With the remarkable imagination, grace, and humor that made critics fall in love with her short stories, THE REGRETS poses a thrilling question: What would you do if you had a chance to become a better person after death?