Here One Moment

What if you were told the exact moment you'd die? Would it change how you lived?

On her twenty-eighth birthday, Allegra Patel—a cheerful flight attendant used to smoothing turbulence in the sky—faces a far more unnerving kind of disruption. During a frustrating delay, a strange woman on board rises from her seat and calmly delivers a string of unsettling predictions: how—and when—several passengers will die.

Some laugh it off. Others panic. A few take comfort. But no one forgets it.

And when one of the prophecies comes true, lives begin to unravel. What follows is a gripping, unexpected exploration of fate, free will, and the fragile threads that tie us to the people we love. With her signature wit and emotional insight, Liane Moriarty weaves a story that asks: if we knew what lay ahead, would we change the way we live today?

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