The Girl I Was: From #1 New York Times bestseller Jeneva Rose comes a hilarious and heartwarming story about self-love
Jul 2025 · Hachette UK
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'It's messy, hilarious, painfully real - and by the end, I was actually in tears.' Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.'
When Alexis Spencer loses her job and her relationship on the same day, she can't help but feel frustrated with her
younger self. If she'd tried harder and made better choices, maybe she wouldn't be in so much debt, and maybe her old friends would still be around.
Feeling sorry for herself, Alexis finds a bottle of vodka from her college days and goes on a bender, blacking out in the process. Only this time, she doesn't wake up at home, or in the right city. In fact, she isn't even in the right year.
Alexis is back in her college town in the year 2002, where she comes face-to-face with her eighteen-year-old unruly self: Lexi. Getting used to life in the early 2000s is the easy part. Dealing with Lexi is where things prove difficult.
Now Alexis and Lexi must learn to get along and come to terms with the fact that alone, they will never make things right, but together, they could change their life for the better.
From Jeneva Rose, the New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Marriage and Home is Where the Bodies Are, comes a magical, hilarious, and heart-warming story about learning to love every version of ourselves.
Read what everyone is saying about The Girl I Was:
'This book healed parts of me that I didn't even realize needed healing.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Made me want to apologize to my younger self and appreciate my mum so much' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I loved every minute and could not put it down.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Both hilarious and deeply touching. It's like a time-traveling therapy session with your funniest friend giving you life advice.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I could not put this book down and could not recommend it more... make[s] you think and truly feel alive.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I can't believe I waited so long to read this.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'This is, by far, one of my favourite reads of 2025. I felt disappointed when it ended, only because it ended and there wasn't anymore to read!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I wish I could give this book more stars.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I loved this book so much.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'This book is laugh-out-loud funny.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Put this one at the TOP of your holiday wish list!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.'
When Alexis Spencer loses her job and her relationship on the same day, she can't help but feel frustrated with her
younger self. If she'd tried harder and made better choices, maybe she wouldn't be in so much debt, and maybe her old friends would still be around.
Feeling sorry for herself, Alexis finds a bottle of vodka from her college days and goes on a bender, blacking out in the process. Only this time, she doesn't wake up at home, or in the right city. In fact, she isn't even in the right year.
Alexis is back in her college town in the year 2002, where she comes face-to-face with her eighteen-year-old unruly self: Lexi. Getting used to life in the early 2000s is the easy part. Dealing with Lexi is where things prove difficult.
Now Alexis and Lexi must learn to get along and come to terms with the fact that alone, they will never make things right, but together, they could change their life for the better.
From Jeneva Rose, the New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Marriage and Home is Where the Bodies Are, comes a magical, hilarious, and heart-warming story about learning to love every version of ourselves.
Read what everyone is saying about The Girl I Was:
'This book healed parts of me that I didn't even realize needed healing.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Made me want to apologize to my younger self and appreciate my mum so much' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I loved every minute and could not put it down.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Both hilarious and deeply touching. It's like a time-traveling therapy session with your funniest friend giving you life advice.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I could not put this book down and could not recommend it more... make[s] you think and truly feel alive.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I can't believe I waited so long to read this.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'This is, by far, one of my favourite reads of 2025. I felt disappointed when it ended, only because it ended and there wasn't anymore to read!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I wish I could give this book more stars.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I loved this book so much.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'This book is laugh-out-loud funny.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Put this one at the TOP of your holiday wish list!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
About the author
Jeneva Rose is the New York Times bestselling author of several novels, including Home Is Where the Bodies Are, You Shouldn't Have Come Here, The Perfect Marriage, One of Us Is Dead, and The Perfect Divorce. Her work has been translated into more than two dozen languages and optioned for film and television. Originally from Wisconsin, she currently lives in Chicago with her husband, Drew, and her stubborn English bulldogs, Winston and Phyllis." data-fwclientid="4bdacb83-4e9f-4bcd-beb7-96b68e4e03ce" data-preservehtmlbullets="0" data-allowlists="0" data-crlfsubmit="1" autocomplete="off" autocorrect="off" autocapitalize="none" spellcheck="true" class="field_input_main field_input_copytext field_input_copytext_body copytextheight-normal field_input_disabled fieldkeycheck-setup copytext-setup" contenteditable="false" style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-collapse: separate; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; width: 677.51px; height: 100px;">Jeneva Rose is the New York Times bestselling author of several novels, including Home Is Where the Bodies Are, You Shouldn't Have Come Here, The Perfect Marriage, One of Us Is Dead, and The Perfect Divorce. Her work has been translated into more than two dozen languages and optioned for film and television. Originally from Wisconsin, she currently lives in Chicago with her husband, Drew, and her stubborn English bulldogs, Winston and Phyllis.
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