Sometime, Somewhere

by Kalyn Fogarty

Jimmy and Wren Knight appear to have the perfect life- young, beautiful, hopelessly in love. But beneath the surface of every marriage are fissures threatening to break even the strongest of bonds. Wren desperately wants a baby, despite the risks associated with her illness. Jimmy also wants a child, but he’s afraid of losing the one thing he can’t stand to be without-Wren. As if this wasn’t enough, they also have ghosts. After a fatal accident, James awakens as a ghost in the Knight’s living room. Recognizing that Jimmy is a different version of himself, James realizes that rather than haunting his past life, he’s watching an adaptation of his life had he married his high school sweetheart. Karen hoped suicide would finally end her suffering. Much to her dismay, her death resulted in her haunting an alternate version of her life. As a ghost, she finds herself watching a life where she’s married to her long-ago lover, but still fighting cancer. Karen assumes she’s alone until she encounters another ghost, James. With some coaxing they rekindle their relationship. James finally forgives himself and Karen allows herself to be loved. It seems they finally have a chance at happiness. Unfortunately, fate may still work to keep them apart. Although the ghosts cannot change anything in the world they haunt, it becomes apparent their redemption depends on the survival of Jimmy and Wren’s marriage.

296 pages, Paperback

First published January 12, 2013

Reviews

[Dave Manning · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good piece of creative fiction. I was confused initially with the dimensional and timeline switches (not just different periods of time for the same two people, but also different time periods for different dimensional versions of the same people-- it's a lot to process). Had there been a disclosure up front to tell me "pay attention to the names and dates" or something, even though this would have taken away from the "reveal" later on, I would have appreciated it more and not been flipping back and forth like a choose-your-own-adventure novel. My suggestion would be for less dates and less flipping-- condense the story with "I remember when" memories rather than writing as though it's the present. This would allow for more mainstream / less intelligent people to read it easier (gotta aim for middle market sometimes, especially if targeting younger people).