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The Midnight Library

by Matt Haig
The Midnight Library

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ISBN13: 9780525559474
ISBN10: 0525559477
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What If? The question that keeps us up at night. What if you had moved out of that town, or taken that job? What if you had followed your heart? What life would you be living then? The Midnight Library may have the answer. Beautifully honest, this story lingers with you long after the final page.  Recommended By Taylor W., Powells.com

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Between life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you could have lived. To see how things would be if you had made other choices... Would you have done anything different, if you had the chance to undo your regrets?

A dazzling novel about all the choices that go into a life well lived, from the internationally bestselling author of Reasons to Stay Alive and How To Stop Time.

Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of your life as it is, along with another book for the other life you could have lived if you had made a different choice at any point in your life. While we all wonder how our lives might have been, what if you had the chance to go to the library and see for yourself? Would any of these other lives truly be better?

In The Midnight Library, Matt Haig's enchanting new novel, Nora Seed finds herself faced with this decision. Faced with the possibility of changing her life for a new one, following a different career, undoing old breakups, realizing her dreams of becoming a glaciologist; she must search within herself as she travels through the Midnight Library to decide what is truly fulfilling in life, and what makes it worth living in the first place.


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"Haig's latest is a stunning contemporary story that explores the choices that make up a life, and the regrets that can stifle it. A compelling novel that will resonate with readers." Booklist (Starred Review)  

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"Charming...[Matt Haig] will reward readers who take this book off the shelf." Publishers Weekly

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"Would we really make better choices if we could step back in time? Matt Haig's thought-provoking, uplifting new book...discusses just that, exploring our relationship with regret and what really makes a perfect life." Harper's Bazaar (UK)

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Matt Haig is the author of the internationally bestselling memoir Reasons to Stay Alive, along with five novels, including How to Stop Time, and several award-winning children's books. His work has been translated into more than thirty languages.

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What a concept! Matt Haig has come out with a novel that touches life at its core. Nora is in a library between life and death. She gets to live all the lives she missed out on and regrets. Does she still want to die or does she want to live? This page turner will keep you engrossed till you find out.

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ISBN:
9780525559474
Binding:
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Publication date:
09/29/2020
Publisher:
Viking
Pages:
304
Height:
1.10IN
Width:
5.70IN
Thickness:
1.10IN
Author:
Matt Haig

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