The One That I Want: A Novel

The One That I Want: A Novel

Tilly Farmer is thirty-two years old and has the perfect life she always dreamed of: married to her high school sweetheart, working as a guidance counselor in her hometown, trying for a baby. Perfect.Â

In fact, on the surface you might never know how tough things used to be. At seventeen, Tilly lost her mother to cancer, her father drowned his grief in alcohol, and she played parent to her two younger sisters more often than being a kid herself. Still Tilly never let tragedy overtake her belief that hard work and good cheer could solve any problem. Of course sheâ€™s also spent a lifetime plastering a smile on her face and putting everyone elseâ€™s problems ahead of her own.

But that relentless happiness has served her wellâ€”her sisters are grown and content, her dad is ten years sober, and sheâ€™s helping her students achieve all their dreams while she and her husband, Tyler, start a family. A perfect life indeed.

Then one sweltering afternoon at the local fair, everything changes. Tilly wanders into the fortune tellerâ€™s tent and is greeted by an old childhood friend, now a psychic, who offers her more than just a reading. â€œIâ€™m giving you the gift of clarity,â€ her friend says. â€œItâ€™s what I always thought you needed.â€ And soon enough, Tilly starts seeing things: her father relapsing, staggering out of a bar with his car keys in hand; Tyler uprooting their happy, stable life, a packed U-Haul in their driveway; and even more disturbing, these visions start coming true. Suddenly Tillyâ€™s perfect life, so meticulously mapped out, seems to be crumbling around her. And sheâ€™s not sure whatâ€™s more frightening: that sheâ€™s begun to see the future or what the future holds . . .Â

As Tilly furiously races to keep up withâ€”and hopefully changeâ€”her destiny, she faces the question: Which is the life she wants? The one sheâ€™s carefully nursed for decades, or the one she never considered possible?

From the Hardcover edition.
Country USA
Manufacturer Broadway Books
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2011-06-28
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780307464514

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Broadway Books
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2011-06-28
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780307464514

The One That I Want: A Novel

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