About you needing to modernise things? Her mind was throwing itself up. Between life and death there is a library. As the story progresses, Nora finds herself in lives that she could be more satisfied with than others that proved more difficult. . The doctor says it's situational depression. But how will she know which life will make her happy? Nora, in her mid-30s and living in the small English town of Bedford, suffers from “situational depression”—though, as she wryly observes, “It’s just that I keep on having new... situations.” After she gets fired from her job and her cat dies, she attempts suicide, only to wake up in a book-lined liminal zone, where she is guided by a librarian: “Between life and death there is a library... Every book provides a chance to try another life you could have lived.” There, Nora discovers what would have happened had she not abandoned her promising swimming career, called off her engagement, or left the rock band she started with her brother. Either chasing someone or being chased. great job everybody. you to read this book. (Sept.), An instant New York Times bestsellerWinner of the Goodreads Choice Award for FictionA GOOD MORNING AMERICA Book Club Pick!One of the LibraryReads 2020 Voter FavoritesIncluded in best-of-year and year-end roundups by The Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, New York Public Library, Amazon, Boston Globe, PureWow, St. Louis Public Radio, She Reads, Lit Hub, The Mary Sue, and more“Whimsical.” —Washington Post, named one of the 15 Feel-Good Books Guaranteed to Lift Your Spirits"An absorbing but comfortable read...a vision of limitless possibility, of new roads taken, of new lives lived, of a whole different world available to us somehow, somewhere, might be exactly what’s wanted in these troubled and troubling times.” —The New York Times“Charming...a celebration of the ordinary: ordinary revelations, ordinary people, and the infinity of worlds seeded in ordinary choices.” —The Guardian“A brilliant premise and great fun.” —Daily Mail "I can't describe how much his work means to me. Maybe one the lives in particular was more interesting than the rest because of the two characters we met and.. the concept. 3. Mrs Elm had short grey hair and a kind and mildly crinkled oval face sitting pale above her turtle-green polo neck. And, the offer of our magical theme music is now available as your very own eerie ringtone! The opening is a little depressing, but it has to be to establish the motivation for the rest of the story. Haig’s novel is divided into 68 chapters. But things are about to change. I diversified. And though she'd studied enough existential philosophy to believe loneliness was a fundamental part of being a human in an essentially meaningless universe, it was good to see him. The structure of this book, the constant shifting from life to life gives the story an episodic feel. . Uh-oh, it looks like your Internet Explorer is out of date. 4. In the library, Nora learns that the life she gave her cat was one of the best he could have experienced. [The only portion that made me nervous was towards the end. She knew she should be experiencing pity and despair for her feline friend - and she was - but she had to acknowledge something else. I only have 500 pages left. His bestselling novels are translated into 28 languages. How far would you go to address every regret you ever had? The Midnight Library (Large Print) : Haig, Matt : "'Between life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever. The subsequent chapters tend to alternate between one of Nora’s dream-lives and the library. Nora Seed might seed our mind with melancholy and heart with love in her quest for perfection. 'I remembered his name. She wasn’t interesting as the main character and I couldn’t relate nor care about her. Not that her voice was annoying but it was kind of monotone. I LOVED IT! He was tall and gangly and boyish, with a kind face, but his eyes were sharp and bright, like they could see through things. It was hard not to compare Mrs Elm to her mother, who treated Nora like a mistake in need of correction. There was a massive Fleetwood Mac poster on the wall behind him, the top right corner of which had come unstuck and flopped down like a puppy's ear. series, this fabulous picture book is designed to teach children about appropriate behavior while enjoying a fun, heartwarming story. Welcome back. In the world of the Midnight Library, the books take on the role of portals into alternate realities. Because it’s more about what Nora discovered about herself and life, of course, by dealing with/trying to escape from her regrets.But then again, the majority liked this book so you might too and it's simply not my cup of tea. ', 'You went to uni, had a year in London, then came back.'. Renald de Lisle arrives at the castle gates as a warrior, takes possession of Claire like a conqueror, ... 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