The Next 167 Hours

By Christa Hickcox

Ember is not broken, but how will she ever get anyone to believe her?

For fans of Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead and Goodbye, Vitamin, The Next 167 Hours is the humorous, uplifting, and emotional story of a quirky, impulsive woman trying to rebuild her life and prove to herself and the world that she is deserving of happiness, stability, and maybe even love.

Ember Rue is doing fine. Sure, this has been the worst year of her life, and sure, nothing seems to be getting any better, but she has a job, a friend, and a daily routine with her French bulldog, Stormy. She’s holding it together. Mostly. People who are mostly holding it together don’t need therapy, right?

When her sister insists that she start seeing a therapist, Ember assumes it will be a waste of everyone’s time. She doesn’t want to talk about the past and she would just like people to stop treating her like she’s broken. But the space that Dr. Kayla holds for her becomes a comfort and a lifeline, and soon her week is scheduled around making it through the 167 hours between sessions.

As Ember finds herself on a reluctant healing journey, her world outside therapy refuses to slow down. The gorgeous woman who moved in down the hall has her thinking she might be ready to put herself out there again, while her parents’ love life seems to be falling apart in the most peculiar way.

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