The Edge of Yesterday is a haunting contemporary speculative novel about time travel and finding yourself from award-winning author Rita Woods.
Greer and Sebastian Coffey are the ultimate dream couple — he an architect with a prestigious Midtown firm, she a principal dancer with a renowned Harlem company — until their world completely unravels. After developing a career ending neurologic disorder, Greer finds herself back in her hometown of Detroit. Angry, lonely, her marriage buckling under the strain, she begins aimlessly wandering the city streets. One night, she stumbles into a vortex, a portal through time that transports her back into 1925 Detroit where she meets a handsome, charming doctor.
Dr. Montgomery Gray is a member of Detroit’s Black Aristocracy, wealthy and connected. Detroit in 1925 is the beating heart of an industrial nation, but it is also a tinderbox of poor immigrants, Prohibition driven gang wars, and the Klan. As a member of the Talented Tenth, Monty is expected to be the tip of the spear in the fight for the Race, no matter the cost. Exhausted, frustrated, and longing to break free of expectations, he is stunned find a woman from the future roaming Detroit’s Black Bottom.
Initially cautious, they slowly grow increasingly exhilarated with the visits. For Greer, 1925 offers an escape from the sorrow of her "real life," and for Monty, the future that Greer lays before him is irresistible. But 2025 becomes gradually less and less recognizable, as each visit back through time causes increasing rips in the timeline. Ultimately, Greer finds herself trapped in 1925 and Monty is forced into a deadly confrontation that changes the trajectory of his life.
