![]() ![]() The Guardian 's Suzi Feay commended the book's narrative voice and "memorable, monstrous" characters. ![]() Semple delivers less satire and more soul." The Los Angeles Times ' Maris Kreizman described the novel as "truly smart and deep and funny - worthy of laughing out loud rather than merely saying LOL." Comparing Today Will Be Different with Semple's previous novel Where'd You Go, Bernadette, The New York Times ' Janet Maslin noted that: "it cuts closer to the bone than Bernadette did, and its main character's problems feel more real. However, things do not go according to plan in Eleanor's day, and she finds herself having to deal with a missing husband, a sick son and a mystery lunch date. At the start of the book, Eleanor decides to improve herself by adopting the mantra that "today will be different" and setting attainable goals for the day. Eleanor is a beleaguered woman living in Seattle with her husband Joe, a renowned hand surgeon, and her son Timby, a third-grader at the Galer Street School that was first introduced in Maria Semple's preceding novel Where'd You Go, Bernadette. The entire book takes place in a single day in Eleanor Flood's life. A television adaptation of the novel, also written by Semple and starring Julia Roberts, is being developed for HBO. ![]() The novel follows a day in the life of Eleanor Flood. It was first published on Octoby Little, Brown and Company. Today Will Be Different is a comedy novel by Maria Semple. Print ( hardback and paperback), e-book, audiobook ![]()
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