One fateful day, Byron’s mother, Diana, is running late to drop the kids at school and makes a terrible mistake at the exact moment when Byron sees his watch go into reverse for 2 seconds. He has this information courtesy his best friend James, who is the smartest guy in his school. The plot opens in 1972, where 11 year old Byron is terrified that 2 seconds will be added to time for balancing the world clock. Rachel Joyce’s second novel has two storylines, one set in 1972 and the other set in the present day. A year later, from the same author comes a bewitching tale of love, hurt and redemption a.k.a Perfect. In 2012, an author made an envious debut into the world of literary fiction with The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, an international bestseller. The astounding climax meshes these two plots together, with surprising results. Perfect by Rachel Joyce is a story that tracks two plotlines simultaneously, both imbued with their own gamut of emotions.
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