Nice Work, Nora November - Julia London

Written by Julia London
Read by Karissa Vacker
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Publisher: Harper Muse
Release date: June 4, 2024
Duration: 10:06:13

Now that Nora is not dead, only one question remains: What does she want to do with her life?

Nora November is alive—but she wasn’t always. She was once clinically dead, having spent several minutes under water after a terrible surfing accident she doesn’t remember. What she does remember from her time in a coma is her grandfather, who passed away over a year ago. And a beautiful garden. And the most delicious tomato she ever tasted.
Now that she’s awake again her life has been cleaved in two. In the Before, Nora lived like a ghost, drowning under the weight of her parents’ expectations. In the After, she’s determined to accomplish the things she left undone before she died. Her reverse bucket list is simple: She wants to learn to cook and to be a better older sister to Lacey. She wants to quit her terrible job as a personal injury lawyer at her dad’s firm. She wants to bring Grandpa’s now-neglected garden back to life. And she wants to find the guy she met in a corner store months ago—the one she never called but never stopped thinking about.

As Nora’s attempts at a new life prove disastrous at best, her mission to fulfill her reverse bucket list leads her to a reckoning with the truth she almost hid from herself.

“A cleverly crafted, chemistry-laden meet-cute turns into one woman’s search for the one that got away. But this novel is so much more than just that. London also thoughtfully explores the different ways people process grief and death as well as how family and friends can lift us up, but also hold us back. The challenges in dealing with depression are realistically explored, as are the life-enhancing powers of gardening and the resiliency of hope. London’s latest triumph is a book that asks a lot emotionally of the reader, but it gives back so much more in return.” — Booklist

VERDICT A hopeful exploration of living with depression and seizing second chances.