Nice Work, Nora November

Julia London

Jun 2024 · Sold by Harper Muse

About this ebook

Now that Nora is not dead, only one question remains: What does she want to do with her life?

Nora November is alive—but she wasn’t always. She was once clinically dead, having spent several minutes under water after a terrible surfing accident she doesn’t remember. What she does remember from her time in a coma is her grandfather, who passed away over a year ago. And a beautiful garden. And the most delicious tomato she ever tasted.

Now that she’s awake again her life has been cleaved in two. In the Before, Nora lived like a ghost, drowning under the weight of her parents’ expectations. In the After, she’s determined to accomplish the things she left undone before she died. Her reverse bucket list is simple: She wants to learn to cook and to be a better older sister to Lacey. She wants to quit her terrible job as a personal injury lawyer at her dad’s firm. She wants to bring Grandpa’s now-neglected garden back to life. And she wants to find the guy she met in a corner store months ago—the one she never called but never stopped thinking about.

As Nora’s attempts at a new life prove disastrous at best, her mission to fulfill her reverse bucket list leads her to a reckoning with the truth she almost hid from herself.

• Women’s fiction with just a hint of light romance
• Stand-alone novel
• Perfect for fans of Linda Holmes, Matt Haig, and Abi Waxman
• Book length: 100,000 words
• Includes discussion questions for book clubs

Ratings and reviews

It is a very different kind of take on near death experience and the aftereffects. Nora November has big plans for her After life but can she really do it all and get back her lost pieces? Including finding the corner store guy she got stuck with during a robbery.The obstacles proved to be heavy. Nora messed up so many times. Her mental issues were dragging her down. But she kept on fighting even when she just wanted to give up sometimes. It was an inspiring story full of hope. (ARC review)

Nora November wakes up in the hospital after a NDE (Near Death Experience), where she drowned and was clinically dead for several minutes. Once Nora is out of her Physical Rehab facility, she decides to make a “reverse” bucket list. This is more Women’s Fiction, with a romantic aspect somewhat tacked on at the end. Overall, a good read

This was a weird book for me to review, not least because I had imagined that this was more of a romance than women's fiction, which having reread the blurb was 100% my own imagination. It was very slow, at about 85% on my Kindle everything was still going wrong. And yet ... it rang true, far truer than a romance where everything would miraculously work out perfectly in the end. Overall, it wasn't what I thought it was going to be, but I enjoyed it. I received an ARC via NetGalley.

About the author

Julia London is the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of numerous works of romantic fiction and women's fiction. She is the recipient of the RT Bookclub Award for Best Historical Romance and a six-time finalist for the RITA award for excellence in romantic fiction. She lives in Austin, TX, with two teens, two dogs, and an astonishingly big pile of books. Connect with Julia at julialondon.com; Instagram: @julia_f_london; Facebook: @JuliaLondon; X: @JuliaFLondon