The Other Valley

By Scott Alexander Howard,

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Book description

'Astonishingly brilliant. My book of the year.' Liz Nugent, Sunday Times-bestselling author of Strange Sally Diamond

For fans of Emily St John Mandel and Kazuo Ishiguro, an exhilarating novel about an isolated town neighboured by its own past and future, and a young girl who faces an impossible choice...

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Why read it?

1 author picked The Other Valley as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This is a science fiction story with an idea I've never seen before. Readers are able to follow three versions of a character, all 20 years apart. Since they live in different valleys, they aren't supposed to meet each other. This story asks the question -- what happens if a character gets a second chance because of a choice her other valley self makes.

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