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Begin Again

A Novel

Audiobook
2 of 4 copies available
2 of 4 copies available

Have you ever wanted to change the past and discover the result of choices not taken? Now, in this brilliantly fun novel of what-ifs, missed chances, and new beginnings, Frankie McKenzie discovers what starting over might bring...

Despite living firmly in her comfort zone, Frankie McKenzie feels unsettled. She can't help feeling something's missing. Is it a home to call her own? Travel? A more rewarding job? A relationship? Before she can work it out, she dies in a freak kebab-related accident after what she sees as yet another dud of a first date.

But life isn't over for Frankie. Instead, she is miraculously offered a second chance: Frankie can revisit key moments from her past to see if different choices will lead her to the fulfilling life she's always dreamt of.

And there are so many opportunities! Should she decide to languidly lounge by warm Mexican waters with sexy Raphael? Or say yes to the proposal of earnestly reliable university-sweetheart Toby? Perhaps a worry-free gilded cage with Callum is the solution! Or what about that high-powered media career she thought that she wanted?

Soon, Frankie will see what her life would have been if only she'd caught that one-way flight, accepted the marriage proposal, or attended the intimidating job interview. Will she finally find her Mr. Right? Or discover she already had? Which way should she turn? And over and over she asks herself the question...

What would she change if she could begin again?

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      February 26, 2024
      This heartwarming novel from Acton (The Couple) walks the line between romance and women’s fiction, with just a hint of magic. Chronically indecisive Frankie McKenzie dies on the way home from a ditched date and finds herself in the Station, a purgatory-like realm where she’s introduced to her “guide,” Mabel, who shows Frankie the five times she came to a crossroads in her life and presents her with the opportunity to “find out what life would look like if made different choices.” What if she said yes to her ex-boyfriend Toby’s proposal? What if she moved to Mexico? What if she gave a different ex, Callum, another chance? What if she hadn’t ditched that job interview to become a magazine reporter? She’ll have a 24-hour view into the answers of each of these questions. Then, Mable promises, she can return to whichever life “will make happiest.” As Frankie lives one day in each alternate timeline, she learns what—and who—is really important to her. Readers will draw meaningful lessons from Frankie’s adventures and be endeared to the quirky supporting cast. This is a page-turner. Agent: Hayley Steed, Madeleine Milburn Literary.

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