Oona Out of Order

　　看著一個在不連續時空裡成長的女孩，如何盡情揮灑當下，補齊生命中每一段最熟悉的陌生缺口
 
　　1982年的最後一天，在布魯克林，Oona Lockhart正準備慶祝自己19歲的生日，同時迎接即將成為人生轉捩點的一年，到倫敦進修經濟學，或是留在這裡繼續追求音樂夢想。然而當午夜子時一到，時代廣場的那顆球剛落下，Oona突然眼前一昏，醒來時，她發現「自己」躺在一個陌生的奢華建築裡，而這個「自己」剛滿51歲！？
 
　　一個親切的陌生人，自稱是她的私人助理，為一頭霧水的Oona帶來了來自「過去自己」的口信。從這一刻起，新舊一年交接之際，同時也是Oona生日過後那一刻，她都將隨機進入某個成年後的年紀，接下來的人生將不再是單向直線進行。但別忘了，時間卻一樣無情，活過的歲月只有一次！她明年又將迎接怎樣的自己呢？事業有成的大慈善家？夜夜流連於酒吧、舞廳的女子？還是某個她素未謀面男人的太太？
 
　　被迫對抗脫序生命的Oona，必須重新思索何謂「過去」，何謂「未來」，精神和肉體斷軌的人生又該如何重新掌控？周圍的親友又將如何幫助Oona導回原有的成長軌跡？作者以超現實的情節和獨特角度，帶領讀者品味生命饗宴。
 
　　「記下這個宴會，記下每個瞬間、每個遇到的人和事。」
 
 

Just because life might be out of order, doesn’t mean it’s broken. It’s new years eve 1982, and Oona Lockhart has her whole life before her. At the stroke of midnight she will turn nineteen, and the year ahead promises to be one of consequence. Should she go to London to study economics, or follow her heart and remain at home in Brooklyn to be with her boyfriend? As the countdown to the new year begins, Oona feels lightheaded, woozy, and it’s not from the champagne. At the stroke of midnight Oona is torn from her life and everyone she loves, finding herself in her 51 year old body thirty-three years into the future. Greeted by a friendly stranger in a beautiful house she’s told is her own, Oona learns that will with each passing year she will leap to another age at random. Still a young woman on the inside, but ever changing on the outside, who will she be next year?

Margarita Montimore is the author of Asleep from Day and Oona Out of Order, a national bestseller and Good Morning America Book Club pick. After receiving a BFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College, she worked for over a decade in publishing and social media before deciding to focus on the writing dream full-time. Born in Soviet Ukraine and raised in Brooklyn, she currently lives in New Jersey with her husband and dog.