The Girl I Was

'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 heryounger 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.

“While packing a delightful punch of nostalgia, The Girl I Was delivers one of the most satisfying character transformations I’ve read in a while. Alexis and her romp back in time will charm anyone who has ever cringed at a photo of their younger self—or thought about the questions they never bothered to ask of their loved ones when they had the chance. Jeneva Rose’s latest is witty and tender.” —Shelby Van Pelt, New York Times bestselling author of Remarkably Bright Creatures

"If you could go back and talk to your college self, what would you say? I was hooked at the concept and the true-to-life characters had me laughing, cringing, and crying in equal turns. Come for the 2002 college pop culture references (Juicy couture! Christina Aguilera! Frat beer pong!), stay for the witty banter and heart-rending life lessons Alexis learns along her time-travel adventure. With The Girl I Was, Jeneva Rose proves she’s not just a master of thrillers, but also matters of the heart." —Colleen Oakley, USA Today Bestselling author of The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise