![]() ![]() That last straw comes the following day when she is told she is being let go from her dead-end job.ĭespondent, Nora attempts suicide. Learning that her cat has died in the street is close to the last straw. She is estranged from her brother and former friend. ![]() She lives in a dreary apartment with her cat, her closest companion. The alternative outcome could have led to a miserable life, or could have had negative ramifications on others that she had no way of seeing.Īs the book opens, Nora is going through a bad spot. In this book, Hague takes Nora through alternate lives where she learns that many times there was no need for regret. Is there an alternate universe where we could see or live the life of ourselves and others had we made a different decision or taken a different course, said yes rather than no? When we regret any of those, we assume that things would, of course, have been better for ourselves and others had we acted differently. It’s difficult to undo a decision, an action or an inaction. The subject that resonated most with me was the issue of regrets. Haig’s book tackles a number of difficult and meaningful subjects: kindness, loneliness, mental health, and learning to love life. Although his novel is set primarily in Bedford, England, the main character, Nora, does a form of time travel to several locations as she waffles between life and death. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig is a worthwhile, thought-provoking and sometimes humorous read. ![]()
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