All the Perfect Days

By: Thompson, Michael

Book Overview

"A stunning tale." --Booklist, STARRED review for How to Be Remembered

For readers of Rebecca Serle's In Five Years and Nikki Erlick's The Measure, Michael Thompson's romantic magical realism will have you smiling, laughing, crying, and questioning: If you knew when someone was going to die...would you tell them?

Family doctor Charlie Knight is in his late thirties, still playing tennis against the same people every Friday night. Still jogging the same streets every morning. Still treating the same patients every day--fixing the high blood pressure and arthritic knees of folks who've known him since he was a kid. But Charlie has a secret plan to escape. A plan to live the life he wants, even if the woman he was meant to do it with has left him behind.

But then Genevieve Longstaff comes back to their hometown, just as something extraordinary happens. Charlie begins to have a vision of the exact number of days a person has left until they die.

Charlie believes it's a gift. It certainly seems like one--after all, he's using it to help his patients, family and friends make the most of their lives: to mend relationships, to travel, to retire. But this gift comes with awful consequences, and soon Charlie realizes there are things he doesn't want to know--especially about the woman he still loves.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1728265835
• ISBN13: 9781728265834
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

A sweet and hopeful story!

This was a compelling story about what someone would do if you could see how many days everyone around you has left of life. It would be heartbreaking but I really admire Charlie for trying to make the best of this situation which hits him out of the blue right before he plans to leave and move to London to be an emergency room doctor. Though it comes with a hard choice of whether to let them know, especially if they only have a few days left. I would find it heartbreaking and it does make this book quite the emotional ride! There is a nice bit of mystery as Charlie searches for the reason why he was given this gift/curse plus drama about something that happened seven years ago to drive his love, Gen, away though now she is back, and why his relationship with his mother was strained. A touch of love, some heartbreaking scenes, a lesson learned about treasuring the days you have left no matter how much time someone has left, and a hopeful ending that is so sweet! The narrator did a perfect job of being a doctor who cares about his patients and tries his best to make their lives pain free and getting them help, even if it is not his job for it, like finding some kittens for a patient after his cat died. It was soothing and fun to listen to and made the story real. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the chance to listen to this wonderfully sweet and sad and hopeful book!