Welcome to Elsewhere. It is usually warm with a breeze, the sun and the stars shine brightly, and the beaches are marvelous. Itโs quiet and peaceful here. And you canโt get sick or any older. Curious to see new paintings by Picasso? Swing by one of Elsewhereโs museums. Need to talk to someone about your problems? Stop by Marilyn Monroeโs psychiatric practice.
Elsewhere.
Itโs where fifteen-year-old Liz Hall ends up, after she has died. It is a place so like Earth, yet completely different from it. Here Liz will age backward from the day of her death until she becomes a baby again and returns to Earth.
But Liz wants to turn sixteen, not fourteen (again). She wants to get her driverโs license. She wants to graduate from high school and go to college. She wants to fall in love. And now that sheโs dead, Liz is being forced to live a life she doesnโt want with a grandmother she has only just met. And it is not going well.
How can Liz let go of the only life she has ever known and embrace a new one? Is it possible that a life lived in reverse is no different from a life lived forward?