The Life Impossible
By Matt Haig
Harry Hartog's review
I admit there was a bit, maybe 100 pages in, where I wasn’t quite sure what was happening or where the book was going. Psychics? Aliens? Why are we talking about a lobster? But then, Haig has written a book with Vampires, so I should know by now to expect the unexpected. So, suspend your beliefs for just a little and you’ll find yourself immersed in this truly beautiful story. A story that at its core is basically about the meaning of life. It’s about loneliness and grief and connection and new beginnings. Haig wants to remind us that “You are not here to be perfect…you are here to live”. - Megan, Inventory Manager
Description
The remarkable new novel from the author of the multimillion-selling international sensation The Midnight Library
'A beautiful novel full of life-affirming wonder and imagination' BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH
'What looks like magic is simply a part of life we don't understand yet . . .'
When retired Maths teacher Grace Winters is left a run-down house on a Mediterranean island by a long-lost friend, curiosity gets the better of her. She arrives in Ibiza with a one-way ticket, no guidebook and no plan.
Among the rugged hills and golden beaches of the Balearics Grace searches for answers about her friend's life, and how it ended. What she uncovers is stranger than she could have dreamed. But to dive into this impossible truth, Grace must first come to terms with her past.
Filled with wonder and wild adventure, this is a story of hope and the life-changing power of a new beginning.
- ISBN:
- 9781838855581
- Format:
- Paperback
- Pages:
- 336
- Published:
- Publisher:
- Canongate Books
- Imprint:
- Canongate Books
- Weight:
- 426 g