The premise of this short book is that Tara Selter, who with her husband runs an online antiquarian book business, goes to Paris on a buying trip and suddenly becomes enmeshed in a fault in time which leads her to live the same day over and over again. Not quite like Groundhog Day, though: some small things change, and the experience prompts some deep reflections on how we live our lives. Tara moves from puzzlement through fear and anguish. Tension builds as she devises strategies to force her time to move on to the next day and the reader shares her disappointment and sadness when they don't work.

The book is beautifully written - I think the translator has done a brilliant job. But the cliffhanger ending left me unsatisfied. And then I discovered that there are further books in the series, seven in all. I am looking forward to reading the next volume, out next spring.

Thanks to Faber and Netgalley for the ARC.

I really don't know what to make of this. The writing flows well and is compelling. The situation that Tara finds herself in is bizarre, terrifying and unimaginable. Her husband believes her and they try to work out what to do together, but then she drifts off and lives a ghost-like existance. As the anniversary of November 18th arrives, she tries to re-create her day, hoping for change. She confides in friends who do not believe her and are, in fact, horrified. We leave her hoping for a resolution. I have read that this is the first volume of a heptology!! I need to read more. Groundhog Day this is not.