The Midnight Library: A Novel by Matt Haig. Viking, 2020. Contemporary adult fiction. Nora Seed doesn't really like herself or her life. When she gets the chance to explore other lives, she takes the chance to see what could have been if she had made different choices. She finds that kindness matters, that small things can change people in big ways, and that you don't have to understand life, you just have to live it.
The concept of the library and the librarian, Mrs. Elm, are key to Nora's explorations and a tribute to real librarians everywhere. Imaginative and full of small human details, the story is one that everyone will identify with in different ways. The character of Nora is an EveryWoman and readers will root for her to find safe landings in her jumps into the unknown.
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