But, okay, you know the future that people in the 1950s imagined we'd have? Flying cars, robot maids, food pills, teleportation, jet packs, moving sidewalks, ray guns, hover boards, space vacations, and moon bases. It's hard to know how to start telling this story. And it's all my fault-well, me and to a lesser extent my father and, yeah, I guess a little bit Penelope. But it never should've turned out like this. That means nothing to you, obviously, because you live here, in the crappy world we do have.
So, the thing is, I come from the world we were supposed to have.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. His search for the answer takes him across continents and timelines in a quest to figure out, finally, who he really is and what his future -our future -is supposed to be.įilled with humor and heart and packed with insight, intelligence, and mind-bending invention, All Our Wrong Todays is a powerful and moving story of life, loss, and love. Or stay in our messy reality with a soulmate by his side. Go back to his perfect but loveless life. Right up until the moment he discovers wonderfully unexpected versions of his family, his career, and the woman who may just be the love of his life. And what do you do when you're heartbroken and have a time machine? Something stupid.įinding himself stranded in a terrible alternate reality -which we immediately recognize as our 2016 -Tom is desperate to fix his mistake and go home. It's 2016, and in Tom Barren's world, technology has solved all of humanity's problems -there's no war, no poverty, no under-ripe avocadoes. A timeless, if mind-bending, story about the journeys we take, populated by friends, family, lovers, and others, that show us who we might be, could be-and maybe never should be-that eventually leads us to who we are.” - USA TodayĮlan Mastai's acclaimed debut novel is a story of friendship and family, of unexpected journeys and alternate paths, and of love in its multitude of forms. Fearlessly funny storytelling.” -The Washington Post “Entertainingly mixes thrills and humor.” - Entertainment Weekly One of Wall Street Journal’s Best of 2017
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