The Two Lives of Lydia Bird
by Josie Silver (Goodreads Author)
Lydia and Freddie. Freddie and Lydia. They'd been together for more than a decade, and Lydia thought their love was indestructible.
But she was wrong. On her twenty-eighth birthday, Freddie died in a car accident.
So now it's just Lydia, and all she wants to do is hide indoors and sob until her eyes fall out. But Lydia knows that Freddie would want her to try to live fully, happily, even without him. So, enlisting the help of his best friend, Jonah, and her sister, Elle, she takes her first tentative steps into the world, open to life--and perhaps even love--again.
But then something inexplicable happens that gives her another chance at her old life with Freddie. A life where none of the tragic events of the past few months have happened.
Lydia is pulled again and again across the doorway of her past, living two lives, impossibly, at once. But there's an emotional toll to returning to a world where Freddie, alive, still owns her heart. Because there's someone in her new life, her real life, who wants her to stay.
Written with Josie Silver's trademark warmth and wit, The Two Lives of Lydia Bird is a powerful and thrilling love story about the what-ifs that arise at life's crossroads, and what happens when one woman is given a miraculous chance to answer them.
But she was wrong. On her twenty-eighth birthday, Freddie died in a car accident.
So now it's just Lydia, and all she wants to do is hide indoors and sob until her eyes fall out. But Lydia knows that Freddie would want her to try to live fully, happily, even without him. So, enlisting the help of his best friend, Jonah, and her sister, Elle, she takes her first tentative steps into the world, open to life--and perhaps even love--again.
But then something inexplicable happens that gives her another chance at her old life with Freddie. A life where none of the tragic events of the past few months have happened.
Lydia is pulled again and again across the doorway of her past, living two lives, impossibly, at once. But there's an emotional toll to returning to a world where Freddie, alive, still owns her heart. Because there's someone in her new life, her real life, who wants her to stay.
Written with Josie Silver's trademark warmth and wit, The Two Lives of Lydia Bird is a powerful and thrilling love story about the what-ifs that arise at life's crossroads, and what happens when one woman is given a miraculous chance to answer them.
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3.93 · 10,481 ratings · 1,851 reviews
jessica rated it
this is a complicated book for me to rate and review.
my immediate reaction is that i enjoyed it - hence the 4 stars. i must be a glutton for heartache, because loss of a significant other is a romance trope i actually quite enjoy, even though it breaks my heart every sin... Read full review
my immediate reaction is that i enjoyed it - hence the 4 stars. i must be a glutton for heartache, because loss of a significant other is a romance trope i actually quite enjoy, even though it breaks my heart every sin... Read full review
Susanne Strong rated it
Shelves: buddy-read , direct-from-publisher , netgalley , 2019-five-star-reads , favorite-authors , favorites , must-read
5 Lovely Lyrical Magical Stars
Do you believe in Magic? In the possibility of getting back the life you lost?
For Lydia Bird, that possibility becomes a reality when her best friend and fiancé Freddie Hunter passes away in a car crash and she discovers a magical way to be... Read full review
Do you believe in Magic? In the possibility of getting back the life you lost?
For Lydia Bird, that possibility becomes a reality when her best friend and fiancé Freddie Hunter passes away in a car crash and she discovers a magical way to be... Read full review
Kaceey rated it
A beautiful, hypnotic love story!
Lucky Lydia! She has it all. Lets start with her charming Fiancé Freddy, then theres her best friend (and Freddies) since they were school kids, Jonah. And lets not forget her dear mom and sister. Shes positively over-the-moon happy with... Read full review
Lucky Lydia! She has it all. Lets start with her charming Fiancé Freddy, then theres her best friend (and Freddies) since they were school kids, Jonah. And lets not forget her dear mom and sister. Shes positively over-the-moon happy with... Read full review
Paromjit rated it
Josie Silver follows the fabulous One Day in December with this in depth study of the heartbreaking grief and loss experienced by Lydia Bird when on her 28th birthday, her fiance, Freddie Hunter dies in a car accident, whilst his best friend, Jonah Jones, whilst injured,... Read full review
Chelsea (chelseadolling reads) rated it
Shelves: 2020-releases
This was pretty much exactly what you would expect it to be and it was (mostly) delightful! My only real complaint about this one is that it almost felt like it went on a little long for my personal tastes. I was completely gripped for the first half (seriously, I was cry... Read full review
JanB added it
I read to 53%, and was completely bored so I started skimming. I then read the last 5% and realized I could not care less what happened between 53% and the ending so I set it aside.
I enjoyed the authors last book but this one was not for me. Im leaving it unrated. Read full review
I enjoyed the authors last book but this one was not for me. Im leaving it unrated. Read full review
Debra rated it
about 2 months ago
Shelves: netgalley
3.5 stars
Lydia thought she and Freddie would be together forever. Happily, ever after was her goal. But life had other plans. On her twenty-eighth birthday, Freddie died in a car accident. Initially, she shuts down and doesn't want to move on, doesn't want to go out. Her... Read full review
Lydia thought she and Freddie would be together forever. Happily, ever after was her goal. But life had other plans. On her twenty-eighth birthday, Freddie died in a car accident. Initially, she shuts down and doesn't want to move on, doesn't want to go out. Her... Read full review
Larry H rated it
Gotta love a book that has you sobbing in the wee hours of the morning!! Such was the case with Josie Silver's new book, The Two Lives of Lydia Silver .
Life can change in a split second. One second Lydia was waiting for her fiancé, Freddie, to arrive at her birthday dinn... Read full review
Life can change in a split second. One second Lydia was waiting for her fiancé, Freddie, to arrive at her birthday dinn... Read full review
Emer (A Little Haze) rated it
3 months ago
Shelves: netgalley , 4stars , read2019 , reviewed , adult-fiction , contemporary , light-fiction , romance
'The Two Lives of Lydia Bird' is the new novel by Josie Silver, the author of last year's women's fiction sensation 'One Day in December'. I enjoyed One Day in December but this book...
This book is on another level compared to that! It is thoroughly gripping and truly em... Read full review
This book is on another level compared to that! It is thoroughly gripping and truly em... Read full review
Kim ~ It’s All About the Thrill rated it
about 1 month ago
Shelves: botm
Well this was a hell of an emotional roller coaster! I spent much of the book confused and then BAM 💥 it clicked and it brought me to tears anyone that has suffered a loss can relate. The ending is .... fabulous ❤
This is a very emotionally charged read for me. Like I said... Read full review
This is a very emotionally charged read for me. Like I said... Read full review
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