A Lifetime of Impossible Days

A Lifetime of Impossible Days by Tabitha Bird is a stunning debut that offers a magical, life-affirming journey through heartbreak, healing, and self-forgiveness.

"Prepare to immerse yourself in wonder, childish delight and dark, dark trauma in this unique novel from a new and important Australian literary voice" - Australian Women's Weekly

"Every so often a book comes along that reaffirms the glory and beauty of life. Tabitha Bird has gifted us this wonder" - Cass Moriarty

Meet Willa Waters, aged 8... 33... and 93.

On one impossible day in 1965, eight-year-old Willa receives a mysterious box containing a jar of water with the instruction: 'One ocean - plant in the backyard.' She does so and unknowingly creates an extraordinary time slip, allowing her to visit her future selves.

On one impossible day in 1990, Willa is 33 and a mother of two when her childhood self magically appears in her backyard. Haunted by memories of her dark past, she stands on the brink of a decision that could have tragic repercussions.

On one impossible day in 2050, Willa is a silver-haired, gumboot-loving 93-year-old whose memory is fading fast. Despite this, she knows she must warn her past selves about a terrible event in 1990. If only she could remember what it was.

Can the three Willas come together, to heal their past and save their future, before it's too late?

"A magical tale of healing... it's sure to cast a spell over readers" - Mindfood magazine

"A wonderful debut... An uplifting story about the power of forgiveness, the ability to heal and the magical idea of being able to travel back in time to fix a broken future." - Good Reading Magazine

"A courageous and magical debut novel that reminds us that while we can't change events from our past, we do have the power to change the story we tell ourselves about them." - Sally Piper