A Lifetime of Impossible Days
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A Lifetime of Impossible Days
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Narrated by:
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Abbe Holmes
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By:
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Tabitha Bird
About this listen
Meet Willa Waters, aged 8...33...and 93.
1965. Eight-year-old Willa receives a mysterious box containing a jar of water and the instruction: ‘One ocean: plant in the backyard.’ So she does - and somehow creates a time-slip that allows her to visit her future selves.
1990. Willa is 33-year-old mother when her childhood self appears in her backyard. She’s also a woman haunted by dark memories and is on the brink of a decision that will have tragic repercussions.
2050. Willa is a gumboot-loving 93-year-old whose memory is fading fast. Yet she knows there is a warning she must give her past selves about a terrible event in 1990. If only she could recall what it was.
Can the three Willas come together, to heal their past and save their future, before it’s too late?
©2019 Tabitha Bird (P)2019 W. F. Howes LtdWhat listeners say about A Lifetime of Impossible Days
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- Magda 'chipmunk' L.
- 06-11-2019
Best narrator I've ever heard
Narrated so well that someone might think there's more than one person talking. She must be a voice actor. Loved her.
The book itself is actually quite different to what I thought it would be about. I didn't expect much from reading the blurb but what I got was something so beautiful and creative, poetic and emotional. Loved the storytelling by the author. Its not your typical time travel novel - it focus' more on the human mind and life in general. How people live their lives, and viewing your life from all angles/times.
The only downside for me was the main character sometimes annoyed me with things she said and did (all 3 of them), but that's just a personal thing. But that doesn't take away from the experience. Brilliant book, highly recommend.
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- Christine Egan
- 13-07-2019
The Willa’s
The language is poetry. The story is a tragedy but moments of humour keep you rolling along. I found myself in tears many times but it is a story that needed to be told and shared.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-07-2022
Beautiful, thought provoking
I found this book like nothing I have ever heard before. Sometimes sad but I couldn’t stop listening. It is a very touching story about a not so perfect life and how to do what is needed to make the most of it. I will listen to it again one day. Very thought provoking.
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- Brigi Risso
- 12-05-2025
I loved this story
very different kind of story with 3 interesting characters that intertwine into a good story. I loved the voices too.
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- Anonymous User
- 31-10-2020
Emotional roller coaster
This book will touch all your emotions - joy, sadness, fury & peace. Beautifully narrated. I loved it.
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- Anonymous User
- 17-03-2022
magical tale of healing
wonderfully narrated with distinctive voices, important for this story told through multiple ages of the same character. story itself took a while to get into, bit worth sticking with it. a lovely tale exploring how our 'self' changes over time and what it takes to heal
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- Teresa Ording-Jespersen
- 06-04-2022
Beautiful
What a beautiful book. Raw and heartbreaking but a story of strength and courage. And an absolutely amazing narration! Wow. Highly recommend.
Trigger warning of childhood abuse
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- Jules
- 03-01-2022
Excellent but 20% too long
Overall enjoyable, but this book would be so much better if 20% was edited from the middle. Too long to set the scene. I nearly didn't persist even though I'm glad I did.
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- Emma
- 07-04-2025
As magical as mint tea and jam drops at a midnight tea party
Loved this truly moving story that is a roller-coaster of emotions, found myself laughing, crying, cheering and even cursing out loud! Do yourself a favour and listen to this magical book with incredible narration. You will be swept away by the characters each with such identifiable voices you will forget this is one narrator and not a cast of people.
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- Anonymous User
- 19-05-2025
Beautifully written
Loved this story in every way it made cry it made me laugh I couldn’t put it down
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