Elan Mastai

"Entertainingly mixes thrills and humor."--Entertainment Weekly "[An] amazing debut novel. . . . Dazzling and complex. . . . Fearlessly funny storytelling."--The Washington Post "Instantly engaging. . . . A timeless, if mind-bending, story about the journeys we take, populated by friends, family, lovers, and others, that show us who we might be, could be--and maybe never should be--that eventually leads us to who we are."--USA Today Elan Mastai's acclaimed debut novel is a story of friendship and family, of unexpected journeys and alternate paths, and of love in its multitude of forms. It's 2016, and in Tom Barren's world, technology has solved all of humanity's problems--there's no war, no poverty, no under-ripe avocadoes. Unfortunately, Tom isn't happy. He's lost the girl of his dreams. And what do you do when you're heartbroken and have a time machine? Something stupid. Finding himself stranded in a terrible alternate reality--which we immediately recognize as our 2016--Tom is desperate to fix his mistake and go home. Right up until the moment he discovers wonderfully unexpected versions of his family, his career, and the woman who may just be the love of his life. Now Tom faces an impossible choice. Go back to his perfect but loveless life. Or stay in our messy reality with a soulmate by his side. His search for the answer takes him across continents and timelines in a quest to figure out, finally, who he really is and what his future--our future--is supposed to be. Filled with humor and heart and packed with insight, intelligence, and mind-bending invention, All Our Wrong Todays is a powerful and moving story of life, loss, and love.

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All Our Wrong Todays

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The third person is comforting because it's in control, which feels really nice when relating events that were often so out of control. It's like a scientist describing a biological sampl through a microscope. But I'm not the microscope. I'm the thing on the slide. And I'm not writing this to make myself comfortable. If I wanted comfort, I'd write fiction

when you invent a new technology you also invent the accident of that technology. When you invent the car you also invent the car accident

It's a six-person team, apparently the ideal number for this kind of mission. Psychologically, it's large enough to fel like a unit but small enough to cultivate reasonably intimate individual bonds. 

Nobody knew what to say to that. The problem with knowing people too well is that their words stop meaning anything and their silences start meaning everything.

This is, of course, true. I'n not from the future. I'm from an alternate timeline. It's still today. It's just a different today.

This is what I'm talking about. This is the happiness I don t deserve. Not after what I did. This pleasant family moment is a piece of cork floating in a sea of blood.

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