A fiendishly clever, nostalgic, and tender novel about how we must cherish what we have while there is still time

Alice Stern isn't ready to turn forty. She thought she'd have it figured out by now, and have spent more time with her father Leonard, who is very sick. When she wakes up outside their old apartment on her birthday, she's surprised to see a much younger Leonard, with a sixteenth birthday card for Alice, who is rapidly approaching adulthood . . .

Alice soon realises she can keep coming back. Faced each time with different versions of her life, and the consequences of her decisions, Alice must not to lose sight of what she wants most- some time back with Leonard . . .