“Being a parent seemed like a truly shitty job - by the time you were old and wise enough to understand the mistakes you’d made, there was literally no chance your children would listen. Everyone had to make their own mistakes.”
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This Time Tomorrow was a fantastic surprise for me - I read The Vacationers ages ago and didn’t really enjoy it. Straub’s subsequent books seemed to get mixed reviews, so I never picked one up. But the buzz around this book and the fact that it came up on the ‘skip the line’ loans from @libby.app , I grabbed it to see what the fuss was about. I’m so glad I did, this was such a engrossing and quick read.
I am a sucker for a time travel trope, and I think Straub did an excellent job with the genre. I won’t say too much more, because it would give away some plot points, but I loved the mechanics of how it brought the main character and her father closer together.
There were so many thoughtful passages on being a parent, how we see our own parents, what makes life meaningful, and what ultimately brings us happiness. Just a delight to read… I may go back now and read some of her backlist.