The Best Week That Never Happened, Dallas Woodburn
The Best Week That Never Happened, Dallas Woodburn
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The Best Week That Never Happened

Author: Dallas Woodburn

Narrator: Elise Arsenault

Unabridged: 9 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/21/2020

Synopsis

What if, when you died, you got to relive The Best Week of Your Life—but you died too soon, and The Best Week of Your Life hadn’t happened yet?After her parents’ bitter divorce, family vacations to the Big Island in Hawaii ceased. But across the miles, eighteen-year-old Tegan Rossi remains connected to local Kai Kapule, her best friend from childhood. Now, Tegan finds herself alone and confused about how she got to the Big Island. With no wallet, no cell phone, purse, or plane ticket, Tegan struggles to piece together what happened. She must have come to surprise-visit Kai, right? As the teens grow even closer, Tegan pushes aside her worries and gets swept away in the vacation of her dreams.But each morning, Tegan startles awake from nightmares that become more difficult to ignore. Something is eerily amiss. Why is there a strange gap in her memory? Why can’t she reach her parents or friends from home? And what’s with the mysterious hourglass tattoo over her heart?Kai promises to help Tegan figure out what is going on, but the answers they find only lead to more questions. As the week unfolds, Tegan will experience the magic of first love, the hope of second chances, and the bittersweet joy and grief of being human.

About Dallas Woodburn

Dallas Woodburn is a writer of fiction, nonfiction, and plays. Her debut YA novel is The Best Week That Never Happened. Her collection of short stories Woman, Running Late, in a Dress was published in 2018 by Yellow Flag Press and won the Cypress & Pine Short Fiction Award. A 2014 Steinbeck Fellow in Creative Writing at San Jose State University, Dallas also won the international Glass Woman Prize and is a four-time nominee for the Pushcart Prize. Her short stories have appeared in ZYZZYVA, The Nashville Review, The Fourth River, Superstition Review, Louisiana Literature, Monkeybicycle, Cicada, North Dakota Quarterly, and many other journals, as well as American Fiction 13: The Best Unpublished Short Stories by Emerging American Writers. Her nonfiction has been published in Family Circle, Writer’s Digest, The Writer, The Los Angeles Times, Modern Loss, and more than two dozen Chicken Soup for the Soul series books. Her plays have been produced in New York City, Los Angeles, South Lake Tahoe, and Maryland.

About Elise Arsenault

Elise Arsenault is a talented actor, life coach, and voiceover artist who has lent her talents to many projects. She has appeared in numerous television shows and plays, and her voice can be heard in a multitude of audiobooks, commercials, and podcasts. she currently resides in New York City.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dallas on March 04, 2020

This is my first published novel, and I am so thrilled it is making its way out into the world! More than three years of writing, research & revising went into The Best Week That Never Happened. While it is hard to pinpoint exactly where ideas come from, I began writing this novel after one of my be......more

Goodreads review by Danielle - on February 25, 2020

Woodburn has written a great debut novel, and I truly enjoyed this book! I can tell research went into the novel because of the Hawaiian based myths and legends that are a running theme though out the book. Furthermore,she created an entirely new take (at least to me) on what happens in limbo, or wh......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on August 18, 2020

Full disclosure, this book was written by my college roommate, Dallas, and I’m just so so proud!! This is her first novel, and I think it’s just exactly what YA should be. The text is accessible and the protagonist is relatable, but Dallas eases in so many huge and valuable life lessons. This book s......more

Goodreads review by Christy on July 12, 2020

Lots of emotions on this one. Full RTC!......more

Goodreads review by Sharon on April 23, 2020

Month9Books and NetGalley provided me with an electronic copy of The Best Week That Never Happened. I voluntarily chose to review this book and my opinion is freely given. A friendship was born from a family vacation. Will the bond that Kai and Tegan formed long distance provide a connection at a mos......more

Quotes

“A poignant and gripping heart-tug of a page-turner filled with heart and hope. I couldn’t put it down. Magic.” Jennifer Niven, New York Times bestselling author

“A dazzling, emotional story of love, loss, and living in the moment.” Kirkus Reviews

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