Gillian McAllister

Gillian McAllister (born 28 February 1985) is a British author, known for ten novels, all which have been bestsellers. Quotes Wrong Place Wrong Time (2022) All page numbers are from the hardcover first US edition, published by William Morrow, 978-0-06-325234-9, fifth printing The chapters in the book are not numbered; they are numbered here for ease of reference. Bold face added for emphasis. “First rule of the job: almost all 999 calls are boring or involve idiots. Usually both,” Branford says flatly. “You can’t save idiots.” Chapter 9, “Ryan” (p. 68) His brain feels like a shaken snow globe. Chapter 9, “Ryan” (p. 69) She doesn’t chase that thought down the alley it wants to go down, though it’s obvious that it’s nothing good. Chapter 12, “Day Minus Eight, 08:00” (p. 108) How sinister it is to relive your life backward. To see things you hadn’t at the time. To realize the horrible significance of events you had no idea were playing out around you. To uncover lies told by your husband. Jen would always have said Kelly was as straight as they come. But don’t all good liars seem that way? Chapter 22, “Day Minus Forty-Seven, 08:30” (p. 184) But knowing the future is worse than not knowing. Isn’t it? Chapter 24, “Day Minus Sixty, 08:00” (p. 200) But all kids rebel, even the good ones: they just rebel differently. Chapter 27, “Day Minus One Hundred and Forty-Four, 18:30” (p. 214) Don’t all familial irritations get subsumed by grief, in the end? Chapter 29, “Day Minus Five Hundred and Thirty-One, 08:40” (p. 239) She wants to stop being alone, just for a while, to stop figuring out all the incomprehensible clues, never moving forward, only backward, backward, backward, a game of snakes and ladders with only snakes. Chapter 29, “Day Minus Five Hundred and Thirty-One, 08:40” (p. 245) The past disappears into the horizon like fog, but here she is, able to live it again, to sift through it. Chapter 30, “Day Minus Seven Hundred and Eighty-Three, 08:00” (p. 257) The ground has that smoked-damp smell, winter revving its engine softly. Chapter 31, “Day Minus One Thousand and Ninety-Five, 06:55” (p. 267) Everything in parenthood feels so endless until it ceases. Chapter 31, “Day Minus One Thousand and Ninety-Five, 06:55” (p. 269) We only think of the bad things that happen, rather than those that, through fortune, pass us by. Chapter 43, “Day Minus Seven Thousand Two Hundred and Thirty, 08:00” (p. 360) External links Category:Novelists from England Category:1985 births Category:Living people Category:Women authors from England Category:University of Birmingham alumni Category:Women born in the 1980s