The Other Life, Ellen Meister
The Other Life, Ellen Meister
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The Other Life

Author: Ellen Meister

Narrator: Hillary Huber

Unabridged: 9 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/23/2011

Categories: Fiction, Family Life, Women


Synopsis

If you could return to the road not taken, would you?

Happily married and pregnant, Quinn Braverman has an ominous secret. Every time she makes a major life decision, she knows an alternate reality exists in which she made the opposite choice—not only that, she knows how to cross over. But even in her darkest moments—like her mother's suicide—Quinn hasn't been tempted to slip through...until she receives devastating news about the baby she's carrying.

The grief lures her to peek across the portal, and before she knows it she's in the midst of the other life: the life in which she married another man and is childless. The life in which her mother is still very much alive.

Quinn is forced to make a heartbreaking choice. Will she stay with the family she loves and her severely disabled child? Or will an easier life—and the primal need to be with her mother—win out?

About Ellen Meister

Ellen Meister is the author of the novels The Smart One and Secret Confessions of the Applewood PTA. In addition to her novels, she has published numerous short stories and was the editor of an online literary magazine. A former advertising copywriter, Ellen currently curates for a literary radio program and mentors aspiring authors. She lives on Long Island with her husband and children.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Judy on May 13, 2017

THE OTHER LIFE, by Ellen Meister is totally mesmerizing and spellbinding; an exploration of a young woman, a mother--of parallel universes, a crossroad, a pivotal choice, and a glimpse of the other life, what could have been? Ellen creates a magical and an emotional thought-provoking story of Quinn,......more

Goodreads review by Myfanwy on December 09, 2010

Before I had a child, I often wondered what it would be like to have one and wondered how my life would change if I did. I wanted a magic vision--some way to see what it would be like. But there is no such view into the alternate worlds we imagine for ourselves; experience is the only answer. At its......more

Goodreads review by Amanda on April 12, 2011

I stepped outside my usual genres to read this contemporary novel with a paranormal twist. I'm glad I did! Quinn's circumstance is fascinating. Her major life choices lead to split realities, and she is able to visit a world in which she has made an alternate decision, experiencing the consequences.......more

Goodreads review by Holly on January 26, 2011

“Beyond the Crack in the Foundation Lies the Life She Might Have Lived” The Other Life is fascinating, original and intriguing. Exploring the complexities of mother/daughter dynamics, the book examines the consequences when that love is put to the ultimate test. If you are longing for invigorating, r......more

Goodreads review by Susan on November 30, 2010

Warning: have the Kleenex handy before reading this one! I'm on a blog called the Girlfriends Book Club with Ellen Meister, and she's just lovely. So I knew THE OTHER LIFE was a book she'd poured her heart and soul into, and that it was a departure for her. I love books with magical realism, so I do......more