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ALL THE PERFECT DAYS

Michael Thompson

ALL THE PERFECT DAYS is a story about love, fate, family, and the idea that life doesn't have to be spectacular to be perfect.
Charlie Knight's life was supposed to be spectacular. Instead, he's in his late thirties, and still playing tennis against the same people every Friday night. Still jogging the same streets every morning. Still treating the same patients every dayfixing the high blood pressure and arthritic knees of folks who've known him since he was a kid. But Charlie has a secret plan to escape. A plan to live the life he was destined to, even if the woman he was meant to do it with has left him behind.

But then Genevieve comes home, just as something extraordinary happens. Charlie inherits a gift, an insight no family doctor should ever have: an unmistakable sense of the exact number of days his patients have left until they die. Charlie believes it's a gift. It certainly seems like oneafter all, he's using it to help his patients, family and friends make the most of their days: to mend relationships, to travel, to retire. But this gift comes with awful consequences, and soon Charlie realizes there may be things he doesn't want to knowespecially about the girl he still loves.

Michael Thompson has been a journalist, producer and media executive for the last 15 years. He was the Executive Producer of the Ray Hadley Morning Show, then the Head of Content for Macquarie Media, and has won numerous professional awards including a Kennedy Award for Journalism. He now owns a podcast production company, and is the co-host of one of the highest-ranked podcasts in Australia with around 500,000 downloads per month. He has extensive content marketing experience using social media, having previously built and maintained pages with 100,000+ followers. He can be found at https://michaelthompson.net.au/. He lives in Sydney with his wife and two young children.
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Published 2025-05-01 by Sourcebooks

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All the Perfect Days is poignant, big-hearted, and an addictive read. No one crafts high concept page turners celebrating the preciousness of life and the numbered days of lovable characters quite like Michael Thompson.

How to Be Remembered is my favorite kind of book: a story with a 'wow' factor. Michael Thompson has taken a fun and intriguing idea -- a big idea -- and turned it into a wonderful, humorous, very human ride.

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In a world that often feels out of control, there is comfort in Thompson's novels and the idea that magic exists, and that love will prevail. All the Perfect Days is poignant, profound. you won't be able to put this down. I highly recommend it.

Michael Thompson is back with another enthralling concept, delivered with his trademark warmth, humour and tenderness. All the Perfect Days is one of those clever, thought-provoking books that has you hooked from the first page and leaves you changed for the better.

If you enjoyed Remarkably Bright Creatures, you'll love All The Perfect Days. A clever mix of whimsy, warmth and humour that you won't be able to put down. All The Perfect Days is simply perfect. You'll remember Charlie Knight long after you've read the last page.

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Original, engrossing, sweet.

Hopeful, clever, and thought-provoking, Michael Thompson's All The Perfect Days is an inventive meditation on the ultimate existential conundrumour mortality. Full of lovable characters, this book reminds us that every moment of our lives, especially those with our loved ones, is something to be treasured.

An engrossing story about keeping determination, hard work and hope steady despite adversities. A coming of age with an intriguing supernatural twist, How to Be Remembered will inspire you to hang on tight to what you hold dear and will rekindle your appreciation for what it means to be human.

All The Perfect Days is a perfect book. Michael Thompson lifts us out of the everyday and reminds us why life is worth living. When GP Charlie learns he can predict when his patients are going to die, he is faced with a terrible conundrum. And then it gets worse. Would you want to know when the people you love are going to die? All the Perfect Days is a tale that cuts to the heart of things and you won't be the same after reading it.

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In Tommy Llewelyn, Michael Thompson has created a character you cannot help but root for, and built a plot as intricate as the workings of a clock. It is a brilliant exploration of what makes one's life indelible, and is a story you won't soon forget.