Do you believe this helps or hinders her? How does her philosophy regarding keeping everything in its place change over the course of the novel?Ģ. From the very beginning of the book, we learn that Dannie has rules and plans laid out for everything in her life. This stunning, heartbreaking story will leave you thinking about the unpredictable nature of destiny and make you want to call your best friend immediately.ġ. Then one day, four and a half years later, she comes face-to-face with the man from her dream. She tells no one about it, not even her best friend, Bella. She tries to shake the dream-or was it premonition?-by busying herself in work. She looks over at the muted TV playing the news and sees the date: it’s 2025, five years in the future.Īfter a very confusing hour, Dannie wakes up again back in her normal life. But when she wakes up, she’s suddenly in a different apartment, with a different ring on her finger, in bed beside a very different man. That night, when she and her new fiancé get home, she falls asleep on the couch.
The story opens on the day she interviews for her dream job, nails it, and gets engaged to her longtime boyfriend-all according to her five-year plan. In Five Years is a striking, moving love story about Dannie Kohan, a high-powered corporate lawyer who has everything planned out. We hope that these ideas will enrich your conversation and increase your enjoyment of the book. The suggested questions are intended to help your reading group find new and interesting angles and topics for your discussion.
This reading group guide for In Five Years includes an introduction, discussion questions, ideas for enhancing your book club, and a Q&A with author Rebecca Serle. In Five Years is an unforgettable love story, but it is not the one you’re expecting. Dannie spends one hour exactly five years in the future before she wakes again in her own home on the brink of midnight-but it is one hour she cannot shake. Her meticulous planning seems to have paid off after she nails the most important job interview of her career and accepts her boyfriend’s marriage proposal in one fell swoop, falling asleep completely content.īut when she awakens, she’s suddenly in a different apartment, with a different ring on her finger, and beside a very different man. She is nothing like her lifelong best friend-the wild, whimsical, believes-in-fate Bella. Perfect for fans of Me Before You and One Day-a striking, powerful, and moving love story following an ambitious lawyer who experiences an astonishing vision that could change her life forever.ĭannie Kohan lives her life by the numbers. “ In Five Years is as clever as it is moving, the rare read-in-one-sitting novel you won’t forget.” -Chloe Benjamin, New York Times bestselling author of The Immortalists A Good Morning America, FabFitFun, and Marie Claire Book Club Pick
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