In 1995, Alex Dean has a perfect life ahead of him, but he ends up bruised, bloody, and almost drowned in a river. He awakes to find it is now 2010 or 2015 or 1999, and he must piece his life back together.
What kept me turning the pages of Day Tripper was Alex’s quest to deserve Holly by rejecting the influence of toxic men, including a bully and an emotionally abusive father. This effort to grapple with the legacy of monstrous masculinity is the heart of the book, and it makes The Day Tripper an essential, profound read.
A page-turner, even as it focuses on the mundanities of life: love, aging, the responsibilities of being a son and mentor. Empathetically told, with a bit of moralism, it offers a hopeful view of destiny and contemporary manhood.
