For cynical twenty-three-year-old August, moving to New York City is supposed to prove her right: that things like magic and cinematic love stories dont exist, and the only smart way to go through life is alone. She cant imagine how waiting tables at a 24-hour pancake diner and moving in with too many weird roommates could possibly change that. And theres certainly no chance of her subway commute being anything more than a daily trudge through boredom and electrical failures.

But then, theres this gorgeous girl on the train.

Jane. Dazzling, charming, mysterious, impossible Jane. Jane with her rough edges and swoopy hair and soft smile, showing up in a leather jacket to save Augusts day when she needed it most. Augusts subway crush becomes the best part of her day, but pretty soon, she discovers theres one big problem: Jane doesnt just look like an old school punk rocker. Shes literally displaced in time from the 1970s, and August is going to have to use everything she tried to leave in her own past to help her. Maybe its time to start believing in some things, after all. Written by Casey McQuiston. Paperback; 377 pages.

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