Nora tries on many lives, from olympic swimmer, rockstar, wife of a famous musician, wine producer and countless more. The process of doing so enables her to eradicate the numerous regrets she has. In a between life and death state, Nora finds herself in a large library where, as long as it stays midnight, she has the option to try out all the lives she might choose to live. Neither does it take long to figure out how Matt Haig is going to present his message to us. It doesn't take long for all the factors leading to Nora's suicide to emerge. Just when things seem pretty much at rock bottom she is fired as a piano tutor by the single student she has and her cat dies! Her best friend is upset with her for not joining her in Australia. She had a difficult father, she became ostracized from her brother when she jumped ship on the band they were in together, just as it started to be successful. The various things wrong with Nora's life emerge quite quickly. Matt Haig's The Midnight Library tells the story of 35 year old Nora Seed, following the night she takes an overdose.
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