Super Short Summary

Today Will Be Different follows Eleanor Flood, an animator and aspiring graphic novelist in Seattle, over a single day as she tries to improve her life, but faces unexpected challenges including her husband’s disappearance, her son falling ill, and confronting her past during a lunch with an old coworker. Themes include family tension, personal identity, and healing. The novel contains references to domestic abuse, alcohol and drug addiction, child neglect, body shaming, eating disorders, racism perpetuated by the protagonist, and anti-gay bias; one use of an ableist slur; and an antisemitic remark that is depicted negatively.