He was the victim of a school shooting.
Now he's waking up... in 1986.
When seventeen-year-old Daniel Girch is shot and left in a coma, his world should go dark. Instead, he opens his eyes to a life that doesn't make sense-cassette tapes, rotary phones, parachute pants, and a poster of Christie Brinkley on his bedroom wall.
It's not a dream. Somehow, Daniel is back in 1986-living in his childhood home, befriending a misfit teen, and falling for a girl who changes everything. Even stranger? His long-dead grandmother is flipping pancakes downstairs... and his mom is just a Barbie-loving eleven-year-old.
As Daniel navigates life in the '80s, he realizes this isn't just a chance to relive the past-it might be his only shot at rewriting it. If he can stop the tragic accident that shattered his family decades ago, maybe he can heal the future.
Heartfelt, nostalgic, and full of unexpected twists, If You Were Here is a powerful coming-of-age story about love, loss, and the time-bending magic of second chances.