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Ninety Days in the 90s

A Rock N Roll Time Travel Story

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Pub Date Jun 01 2022 | Archive Date Sep 16 2022


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What would you do if you could time travel—back to the 1990s? 

Go see Nirvana’s first gig? Form your own punk band? Play a winning lottery ticket? Buy a bunch of Amazon stock? 

That all sounds great, but Darby Derrex has other things on her mind. 

Darby is not—repeat not—experiencing an early midlife crisis. (Or is she?) She’s failed on Wall Street and failed in her relationships. And once she returns to Chicago to take over her uncle’s record store, she decides she really needs a “do-over.” Little does Darby know a time machine rumbles under her feet. 

Chicago, 1996: Grunge and punk are preeminent. Indie rock tops the charts. Concertgoers are crowd surfing at Lollapalooza. Bands like Smashing Pumpkins rescue our ears from Celine Dion and hair metal. And it's the year Darby left behind her music critic job—along with her true love, Lina. Once she gets back to the 1990s Darby starts trying to fix simple things. 

But soon enough she's having a blast, and that’s part of the problem. And she has only 90 days to return to the present or stay back in time forever. Both options are tempting, but Darby has to face the music.  

For fans of Portlandia and High Fidelity—and anyone who loves American pop culture, Ninety Days in the 90s is a witty, tender love letter to rock ’n’ roll nostalgia and the power of second chances.

What would you do if you could time travel—back to the 1990s? 

Go see Nirvana’s first gig? Form your own punk band? Play a winning lottery ticket? Buy a bunch of Amazon stock? 

That all sounds great...


A Note From the Publisher
ANDY FRYE has written for Rolling Stone, ESPN and other publications. Currently, he writes about sports business for Forbes. Over his career, Andy has interviewed hundreds of athletes, rock stars, and TV celebrities. Some recording artists he’s interviewed include Smashing Pumpkins, Oasis, Morrissey, Jimmy Eat World, Rage Against the Machine, and Alice in Chains.

ANDY FRYE has written for Rolling Stone, ESPN and other publications. Currently, he writes about sports business for Forbes. Over his career, Andy has interviewed hundreds of athletes, rock stars...


Advance Praise

"I enjoyed ripping through NINETY DAYS’ rock history, punc-tuated by booze, bands and dreamy Chicago landmarks. Frye’s written a fun time trip that feels like an everlasting punk tour where the van goes around in circles in Schuba’s parking lot."

~ Bill Davis, guitarist and lead singer of Dash Rip Rock

"They say you can’t go back... But Pearl Jam named their greatest hits album Rearviewmirror, so let’s humor Andy’s premise. In NINETY DAYS, Andy Frye paints a picture of a time and a place, taking you, dear reader, back to a bygone era: a simpler time called the 90s. Chicago is as much a character as it is a setting, and Frye rivals Nick Hornby in his ability to use musical references as a storytelling device, navigating relationship highs and lows. Some-times you can go back. Sometimes it’s great."

~ Jim Ryan, writer at Forbes, Daily Herald + broadcast contributor to WGN Radio

"I f***ing love this book. It takes all the angsty, music-loving elements of High Fidelity and mashes it up with the fast-paced humor of Hot Tub Time Machine. Grab a flannel, dust off your Doc Martens, and prepare to be transported on a wild ride through the best decade of the 20th century."

~ Steve Lemig, author of Just Act Natural, A Memoir and Camping Anatomy Activities for Kids: Fun, Hands-On Learning

"This book gets right what is serious and what is funny, without contradiction. And it’s entertaining! But it’s more, too. It’s as Matt Sorum (of Guns N Roses) said: 'Rock ‘n’ roll is about the celebration of life, the celebration of being an individual. Freedom. The freedom to be exactly who you are, whenever you want. Whenever.'"

~ Doug Milam, author of Still the Confusion

This book transported me to a ten-year stretch in which I spent most of my summer days hanging out at a record store, watching Bulls games, playing music, and playing games of I’m-more-punk-than-you with my frenemies.

Spacey was such a painfully believable character that I feel I must have known her in a 90s parallel universe. Anyone who lived in this decade needs to brace themselves before reading NINETY DAYS. You’re about to go back."

~ Jeff Winkowski, author of Time of Your Life Hardcore, Punk, Indie, Rock and a Life Well Begun in Milwaukee

"Andy Frye’s NINETY DAYS IN THE 90s is an intelligently written, pop culture-filled blast from the past. A great read to ease one’s aching nostalgia. Or to some, a journey back to discover why the 90s will forever remain an obsession."

~ Stephanie Wilson, author of Big Waves & Wooden Benches

"How did Andy Frye write perhaps my favorite piece of fiction about my least favorite decade? Beats me, man, but more of this mystery and magic, please."

~ Kevin Smokler, author of Brat Pack America: A Love Letter to 80s Teen Movies

"Ninety Days in the 90s is ostensibly about music, and there’s plenty for music fans to sink their teeth into. Ultimately though, it’s a novel about the moments in life when someone chooses who they want to become."

-Independent Book Review

"This book will appeal to anyone with vivid memories of the music of the 1990s."

-Readers' Favorite

"Author Andy Frye’s Ninety Days in the 90s is a well-written, wildly entertaining jam-packed nostalgic trip back to what many believe to be the best decade ever."

-Feathered Quill

"A top recommendation not just for the usual time travel story reader, but for rock music fans who would relive the music, social influences, and world of 1990s Chicago."

-D. Donovan, Sr. Reviewer, Midwest Book Review

"I enjoyed ripping through NINETY DAYS’ rock history, punc-tuated by booze, bands and dreamy Chicago landmarks. Frye’s written a fun time trip that feels like an everlasting punk tour where the van...


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