The time hop coffee shop

The time hop coffee shop

Phaedra Patrick

Book - 2025

Greta Perks was once the shining star of the iconic Maple Gold coffee commercials, the quintessential TV wife and mom. Now fame has faded, her marriage is on the rocks, her teenage daughter has become distant and Greta's once-glittering career feels like a distant memory. When Greta stumbles upon a mysterious coffee shop serving a magical brew, she wishes for the perfect life in those past Maple Gold commercials. Next thing she knows, Greta wakes in the idyllic make-believe town of Mapleville, where the sun always shines and the aroma of freshly brewed coffee and second chances fill the air. Given the opportunity to live the life she dreamed, Greta is determined to rewrite her own script. But can life ever be like a coffee commercial? ...And what will happen when Greta has to choose between perfection and real life, with no turning back?

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Subjects
Television actors and actresses > Fiction.
Television commercials > Fiction.
Coffee shops > Fiction.
Coffee > Fiction.
Choice (Psychology) > Fiction.
Self-realization in women > Fiction.
Messages publicitaires > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Cafés-restaurants > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Choix (Psychologie) > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Réalisation de soi chez la femme > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Actors > Fiction.
Television advertising > Fiction.
Restaurants > Fiction.
Magic realist fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
Genres
Magic realist fiction
Domestic fiction
Fantasy fiction
Published
Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Park Row Books [2025]
Language
English
Main Author
Phaedra Patrick (author)
Physical Description
312 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN
9780778310907
9780778305675
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Review by Booklist Review

Once the star of a series of iconic coffee commercials, Greta Perks longs for the days when people recognized her on the street and her family was regarded as the epitome of the ideal household. Now, a decade later, Greta and her husband are separated, her teenage daughter barely speaks to her, and she rarely books any acting jobs. When she stumbles upon a mysterious coffee shop with an even more enigmatic owner, she is intrigued by the offer to make a wish over a magical cup of coffee. Soon, Greta is briefly transported to an idyllic town where life appears perfect. Despite the shop owner's warnings, Greta yearns to spend more time in this perfect place and bends the rules of the coffee shop, causing a ripple of repercussions in both her worlds. Readers who enjoy books that explore "what if" scenarios such as Matt Haig's The Midnight Library (2020) or Paige Harbison's The Other Side of Now (2025) will be charmed by Greta's story of searching for fulfillment and finding it in the imperfections.

From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.

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