Book Club: the Midnight Library a Novel by Matt Haig
If you have ever stared at the ceiling at 2:00 AM wondering, "What if I had taken that other job?" or "What if I hadn't broken off that relationship?"—then Matt Haig wrote The Midnight Library directly for you.
It is a deeply comforting, highly accessible novel that sits right at the intersection of speculative fiction and bibliotherapy.
The Premise
The story follows Nora Seed, a 35-year-old woman living in Bedford, UK, who feels like an absolute disappointment to everyone around her. Over the course of 24 hours, her life completely unravels: her beloved cat dies, she loses her dead-end job, her only piano student quits, and she feels entirely isolated. Reaching her breaking point, Nora attempts to end her life.
Instead of passing straight into the afterlife, however, she wakes up in The Midnight Library. Here, the clocks are forever frozen at midnight, and the shelves are infinite. Guided by her kind old school librarian, Mrs Elm, Nora is given a chance to open different books and step into the parallel lives she could have lived if she had made different choices.
Genre: Protected content fiction, Fantasy Fiction, Philosophical fiction
Publication: English edition Protected content
Pages: Protected content .
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