Hailey Piper’s novel places that expectation beside a breakup, the loss of a home, and changes to Rabbit’s body.
Rabbit has a timetable for the impossible. In Hailey Piper’s She Isn’t Herself Tonight, she was abducted at ten and again at twenty. Approaching thirty, she is waiting for the pattern to repeat. Saga Press’s official book description and edition details.
Her immediate circumstances do not follow such a predictable schedule. Her boyfriend ends their relationship and makes her leave their shared home. As her birthday nears without the anticipated visit, Rabbit experiences changes to her body and begins to find even her reflection unfamiliar.
The publisher’s description puts those developments alongside her dependence on strangers whose intentions are uncertain. The story follows a woman trying to regain a sense of control while both her ordinary life and her understanding of herself become unstable.
The premise joins alien-abduction fiction with bodily transformation and the practical disruption of losing a relationship and a place to live. The promised encounter is something Rabbit awaits; the uncertainty lies in what happens while she is waiting.
Saga Press published the novel on October 27, 2026. The trade paperback runs 256 pages, with ebook and unabridged audio editions also listed by the publisher. Jenn Lee narrates the audiobook. Saga Press’s official book description and edition details.