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August Books & Banter: The Other Side of Now by Paige Harbison
August 26 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Books & Banter is our general fiction book club, focusing on great new reads that matter! As always, our book clubs are free and open to all, and the book club pick is 10% off the regular price. You bring the conversation, we’ll provide the treats!
This month’s pick is The Other Side of Now by Paige Harbison
$29.00 Book club price: $26.10 Hardcover, 320 pp
What if you could rewind your life and choose a different path—one that leads you back to the people you lost? This is a laugh-out-loud, lump-in-your-throat kind of novel that asks just that, blending depth with a spark of magical realism.Meg Bryan appears to be living the dream: star of a hit TV show, dating Hollywood’s hottest heartthrob, and basking in the glow of fame.
But underneath her stage name, Lana Lord, Meg’s reality is fraying. After a birthday breakdown she can’t quite laugh off, she impulsively heads to the one place she and her late best friend, Aimee, always dreamed of living: a quiet village in Ireland.
This isn’t just an escape—it’s a portal. In this alternate version of her life, Meg did move to Ireland as a teen, never became famous…and Aimee is very much alive. As Meg navigates the strangeness of a world she doesn’t remember, she’s faced with an extraordinary chance: to fix what she once broke, reclaim lost love, and rediscover the self she left behind.
Book clubbers will love diving into questions of destiny, identity, and whether it’s ever too late to make things right..