I finished The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells by Andrew Sean Greer last night. In this story, Greta has something tragic happen to her and she can't deal with it. She goes to counseling and a variety of doctors and eventually the only thing the doctor thinks will work is electroconvulsive (electric shock therapy). These therapies make her travel through time. She is now Greta Wells in 1918, 1941, and 1985. In each world the Greta has experienced something tragic to make her do the shock therapy. She has the same people in her life in these world. her twin brother Felix, boyfriend Nathan, aunt Ruth, and the doctor, but in each world they are different. It's an interesting idea for a book, that something impossible will happen to each of us. Greta thought she had the time travel pattern figured out, but then the other Gretas would skip a session or something would happen to make them not travel to the world they thought they should be in. I was surprised at the ending of the book, but don't want to give too much away.
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