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The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells

  • 2013 first published
  • 289 pages
  • 11 editions

Andrew Sean Greer's The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells (2013) is a time-travel fiction novel. It features Greta Wells. It deals with Reincarnation, man-woman relationships, depression in women and grief.

10 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 11 editions.

It runs to roughly 289 pages — 5–6 hours of reading at an average pace.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Tropes

Characters

  • Greta Wells

Subjects

  • Reincarnation
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Depression in women
  • Grief
  • Twins
  • Choice
  • Identity, Psychology
  • Time travel romance
  • Psychological
  • Interpersonal relations
  • Time travel
  • Magic realism, Literature

Quick answers

Who wrote The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells?

The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells was written by Andrew Sean Greer and first published in 2013.

What genre is The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells?

It is usually shelved as Time Travel.

How long is The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells?

The median edition has 289 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells?

Readers who like it often enjoy The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, Replay and THE ETERNAL SAVAGE (originally The Eternal Lover) (Tarzan).

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