Mix Tape
by Jane Sanderson
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Pub Date 23 Jan 2020 | Archive Date 22 Jan 2020
Random House UK, Transworld Publishers | Bantam Press
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Description
You never forget the one that got away. But what if ‘what could have been’ is still to come?
Daniel was the first boy to make Alison a mix tape.
But that was years ago and Ali hasn’t thought about him in a very long time. Even if she had, she might not have called him ‘the one that got away’; she’d been the one to run away, after all.
Then Dan’s name pops up on her phone, with a link to a song from their shared past.
For two blissful minutes, Alison is no longer an adult in Adelaide with temperamental daughters; she is sixteen in Sheffield, dancing in her too-tight jeans. She cannot help but respond in kind.
And so begins a new mix tape.
Ali and Dan exchange songs – some new, some old – across oceans and time zones, across a lifetime of different experiences, until one of them breaks the rules and sends a message that will change everything…
Because what if ‘what could have been’ is still to come?
Available Editions
EDITION | Other Format |
ISBN | 9781787631922 |
PRICE | £12.99 (GBP) |
PAGES | 416 |
Available on NetGalley
Featured Reviews
Loved this story. Music is so powerful and can transport you in an instant and this story did the same. Often tender, heart breaking and joyful, the characters were well written, believable and relatable.
This was excellent. I laughed, I cried, I listened to the music. I wanted to know the characters in real life and I definitely want to make a playlist of the tunes mentioned in the book for future listening joy. Would 100% recommend this.
Now that I am retired I read a lot of books, primarily crime/mystery thrillers. Every so often I read a book that leaves me almost speechless. The last one was Daisy Jones and The Six and Mix Tape is the first since then.
I am not an avid reader of romantic multi-country sagas but this book is nothing short of fantastic - many more adjectives of this type omitted but definitely relevant.
I struggled internally with, on the one hand, thinking the book was a bit stretched and too verbose for me and on the other hand reading a book that I simply could not put down. Being a 70s Yorkshireman it is hard to admit that you get emotionally involved, upset and happy but I did many times with Mix Tape.
As with Daisy Jones etc. this book should become a film - Reece Witherspoon again springs to mind to play Alison/Ali but if this happens I so hope it does not get ruined like Gone Girl with a Hollywood ending or Girl On A Train by a switch to the US. Music is already there from the Mix Tape!
My only disappointment is that virtually none of the songs/artists would be chosen by me other than Donovan with Sunshine Superman and right at the end with I Close My Eyes by Dusty Springfield.
The ending was the right one for me.
Loved Mix Tape. Superb