Just One Day

By Gayle Forman

Book #1 in the Just One Day series

A spontaneous trip to Paris changes everything in just one day.

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369 pages· 94,559 words· Est. 9 hour read

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Bookroo's summary

Allyson Healey's life is meticulously planned until she meets Willem, a spontaneous actor, on her last day in Europe. When he invites her to Paris, she impulsively agrees, leading to a transformative 24 hours filled with risk, romance, and self-discovery. As Allyson navigates this unexpected journey, she confronts questions of identity and fate, realizing that sometimes getting lost is the only way to truly find oneself. What will this day of liberation reveal about her true desires, and how will it alter her path forever?

From the publisher

From the New York Times bestselling author of If I Stay Allyson Healey’s life is exactly like her suitcase–packed, planned, ordered. Then on the last day of her three-week post-graduation European tour, she meets Willem. A free-spirited, roving actor, Willem is everything she’s not, and when he invites her to abandon her plans and come to Paris with him, Allyson says yes. This uncharacteristic decision leads to a day of risk and romance, liberation and intimacy: 24 hours that will transform Allyson’s life. A book about love, heartbreak, travel, identity, and the “accidents” of fate, Just One Day shows us how sometimes in order to get found, you first have to get lost. . . and how often the people we are seeking are much closer than we know. The first in a sweepingly romantic duet of novels. Willem’s story–Just One Year–is coming soon!

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