The Memo

Rachel Dodes is a freelance culture writer. She's a regular contributor to Vanity Fair, and her work has also appeared in Town & Country, Elle, Esquire, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Buzzfeed among other publications. She was a staff writer at the Wall Street Journal where she covered fashion and film. She lives in New York with her husband, son, and dog.

Lauren Mechling is a senior editor at the Guardian US and has written for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Slate, the New Yorker online, and Vogue, where she wrote a regular book column. She's worked as a crime reporter and metro columnist for the New York Sun and as features editor at the Wall Street Journal. A dual Canadian and American citizen, she got her start in newspaper reporting at a Toronto daily, where she worked for several years in her twenties. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and two children.

"A modernized Sliding Doors set amid a delightfully specific milieu, this is a paranormal parable with a very relatable heart." - Vogue

"So sharp, so funny. You might feel better or worse about your own life, but you'll definitely be laughing." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"A fresh and intriguing-and surprisingly deep-take on the second-chance trope." - Booklist (starred review)

"Like Sliding Doors crossed with A Christmas Carol, this winsome and bittersweet novel will get you thinking about the roads not taken in your own life." - Esquire

"A perfect summer read. A novel both quick and funny." - Airmail

"Highly satirical, remarkably clever." - Bustle

"A delightfully silly book with a pure heart at its center." - Glamour

"Smart, funny, and impossible to put down." - Town & Country

"[A] clever time warp." - Vanity Fair

"Dodes and Mechling's first book together (which is Dodes's fiction debut and Mechling's second adult novel, after How Could She) is a tribute to a world of possibility. . . . . Millennial women in particular might be drawn to this inventive novel about launching one's life. Read-alikes include The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano by Donna Freitas, Cassandra in Reverse by Holly Smale, and The Good Part by Sophie Cousens." - Library Journal

"This is a great debut novel, with a unique plot that keeps you reading along and wondering how your life might be different if you could go back and change things. A perfect beach read." - Red Carpet Crash