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Cassandra in Reverse

The unforgettable Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick

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If you had the power to change the past. . . where would you start?

Cassie has never really fitted in. She remembers everything. Understands nothing. And consistently says the wrong thing.

So when she gets dumped, fired AND her local café runs out of banana muffins - all in one day - it feels like the end of the world.

But then Cassie discovers she has the power to go back and change things.

With endless chances to get it right, can she stop it all from going wrong?

As featured on Woman's Hour, BBC Radio 2 Book Club, The Times & Daily Mail
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'A time-twisting delight' REESE WITHERSPOON
'Utterly brilliant!' ZOE BALL
'Everyone should read it and everyone will love it' LINDSEY KELK

First published in the UK as The Cassandra Complex.

©2024 Holly Smale (P)2024 Penguin Audio

 Contemporary Genre Fiction Magical Realism Neurodiversity Science Fiction Time Travel Women's Fiction

Critic reviews

'Holly Smale is an exceptional writer and this book is a treasure. Everyone should read it and everyone will love it' (Lindsey Kelk)
'Witty, touching and totally absorbing. Cassandra is a funny and sharply-observed character who I loved spending time with' (Graeme Simsion)
'Sharp, funny, quirky, insightful and so very, very relatable' (Joanne Harris)
'Cassandra Dankworth is one of the most compulsively readable protagonists in contemporary fiction. This is a truly original novel, a war cry for you to be you and for me to be me. I loved it.' (Laura Jane Williams)
'Cassandra Dankworth is a character as unique as she is endearing ... An absolute gem of a novel' (Margarita Monitmore)
'Reinvigorates the time loop trope with the perfect match of character and concept ... Utter genius!' (Catriona Silvey)
'I didn't want it to end, but I also couldn't stop reading. I really, really loved it' (Keris Stainton)
With a genius premise, hilarious and poignant writing, and a heroine who is both unique and so relatable, this is THE book for anyone who has ever wished life came with an undo button (Sophie Irwin)
A triumph!
'Clever, unusual and often amusing, this is a powerful exploration of one woman's attempt to find happiness against the odds'
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It was a huge privilege to enter the mind of Cassandra. A delight to find the interesting weave of time travel and ASD. Can’t wait for the next book - having said that this one stands alone brilliantly! Holly Smale is an extremely talented and gutsy story teller - extremely refreshing!

A wonderfully enlightening story.

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Didn’t end up finishing being shouted at constantly by the narrator made that impossible. Really wanted to enjoy this and I do feel that it was the narrator that stopped my enjoyment

Difficult listen

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the feeling of relating to the main character, except she has the ability to time travel

Prefer the unchanged

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