Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow is, at its heart, a story of friendship. Friendship is having a bit of a ‘moment’ right now in pop culture. I’ve read countless articles and stories lately focussed on friendship – in particular, the fallout  when it goes sour. Ghosting of friends, friendship fights, friendship betrayals, friendship breakups… It’s something of an epidemic at the moment and seems to be a real theme in my circles. Perhaps it’s just this phase of my life.. the 30s, when people are […]

From the author of the Storied Life of AJ Firky, another multi-decade spanning quiet story of lonely people trying to find family and community with mixed results. Plot: Sam was in a car accident that killed his mother and landed him in the hospital with a fractured foot. He hasn’t spoken a word in six weeks when Sadie, who was visiting a family member, walks into the quasi-living room in the hospital where he’s playing video games and asks to play. He lets her. Then […]

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin was all over my radar last year, both on official “Best of 2022” lists and in more informal recommendations from friends. I didn’t quite get to it in 2022 (partially because I was 657th on the waitlist at the library for it!), but I found it to be well worth the wait and I’m so happy to have started off 2023 on a strong note with it.  The plot of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow follows best […]