Annie in Retrospect
A Novel
by Kristina Voegele
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Pub Date Oct 07 2025 | Archive Date Not set
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Description
To Move Forward, She’ll Have to Go Back
It’s 2008, and Annie Young is a hot mess. Navigating a quarter-life crisis while living it up in San Francisco, she’s juggling unemployment, heartbreak, and changing friendships, all while dreaming of a perfect “married with kids” future that now feels farther away than ever.
But Annie’s life takes a wild turn when, with the help of her grandmother and a magical prayer, she wakes up in 2023 in the body of her older self. She is now Annie Hartman, a forty-year-old wife and stay-at-home mother. This is what she wanted—right?
Meanwhile, forty-year-old Annie, who’s disenchanted with the realities of midlife, gets the second chance she’s been wishing for when she wakes up in her twenty-five-year-old life and body in 2008. But can she truly embrace the fun of being young again once she’s face to face with the first love who broke her heart and the best friend she knows she’ll lose? Forced to confront her regrets and relive her twenties, knowing what she knows now, will she choose a different path?
Advance Praise
“. . . a witty and emotional meditation on love, ambition, and the strange grace of hindsight.” —Readers’ Favorite, 5-star review
“Author Kristina Voegele has a smooth confidence when controlling the unique perspective of this novel, and she knows how to keep readers seamlessly on course in a believable blend of magical realism and emotional insight. It’s a story that walks the balance between whimsical and wise with effortless prose, delivering amusingly warm narration . . . a highly recommended read that offers a rare, compassionate look at how we evolve through love, mistakes, and second chances.” —Readers’ Favorite, 5-star review
“An emotionally rich, time-twisting page-turner infused with wit and longing. The kind of story that sticks with you, long after you’ve raced to the end.” — Megan Walrod, author of It’s Always Been Me
