A moving, whimsical debut love story of 'what if' about a grieving widow who attempts to rewrite her past with magical typewriter ribbons to try to save her husband from his unfortunate fate, for readers of In Five Years and Me Before You.
Alone in her snowbound oceanfront cottage, Caroline Ora mourns the loss of her beloved husband Forest, killed earlier that year in a violent hit-and-run. Once a celebrated poet, Caroline now spends her days drowning in grief… until an unlikely discovery changes everything.
Buried deep in her attic in a dusty wooden case, Caroline finds several ancient typewriter ribbons. Spontaneously using one to write a story - a simple "what if" wherein her anguish has loosened its grip - Caroline wakes to find it's miraculously come true.
Moment by moment, word by word, Caroline sets about rewriting her life, resurrecting her husband through ink and memories. But as the lines between fiction and reality begin to blur, Caroline learns that every wish has its cost, and every miracle has its reckoning.
Riveting, funny and heartbreaking by turns, this is an inventive and unforgettable love story. Gus Krieger is a screenwriter and playwright whose Audible Original "Superworld" debuted in the summer of 2020 and was quickly optioned for adaptation by Warner Bros. Entertainment and director Jason Bateman. His work has premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and his original screenplay "The Horror Game" was optioned by CinemaWays and Concourse Media for director Greg McLean and star Ella Balinska, and is currently in preproduction. He lives in Los Angeles with his family.
