From the author of The Second Chance Cinema comes an uplifting novel about an anxious woman who lives in the charming small town of Destiny Springs, where everyone is born knowing their best day in advance.

Every person born in the quaint town of Destiny Springs receives a remarkable gift: a date stamped on their birth certificate marking the best day of their life. For some, it arrives early; for others, years down the road. Some anticipate meeting the love of their life, while others look forward to career-defining moments—but everyone knows the date that will change the course of their lives for the better.

Everyone, that is, except for Millie. Though she grew up in Destiny Springs, Millie was born in the neighboring town and therefore has no best day ever, a constant reminder that she doesn’t quite belong. Until one day, she discovers a box in her parents’ attic that changes everything.

Determined to make up for lost time, Millie does what she does best—she plans. But as her best day unravels in a series of humiliating disasters, she’s forced to reconsider everything she thought the date was supposed to represent. Millie decides to leave her best day behind and travel beyond Destiny Springs to find herself.

Now, as an older woman, Millie tells the story of her life to her granddaughter, and in so doing she’s able to recognize how that chaotic “best day” set everything in motion for all that she loves and that life’s sweetest gifts almost always come when you least expect them.