![]() ![]() She starts small – what if her cat hadn’t died that morning? And then goes bigger. And believing that any life must be better than this, or that she can therefore choose death, she gives it a try.Īmidst rows and rows of books detailing different timelines of her life, Nora begins to experience her ‘what ifs’. Wanting the pain to end, Norah attempts to take her own life – yet poetically and with a sense of sacredness, Haigh introduces us to the Midnight Library – the fictional place between life and death, where Nora is given the opportunity to live any life she wants. In the space of 24 hours, she loses multiple jobs, experiences fractured relationships, and her cat dies. Written from the perspective of 35-year-old Nora, this casually employed and single music teacher is having a bad week, to put it mildly. In The Midnight Library, Matt Haigh expertly depicts the mental state of someone who attempts suicide while also giving them deep inspiration and insight to keep living. Yet, for many people, thoughts about death are an everyday occurrence. In The Midnight Library, Matt Haig has written a fictional book about struggles with mental health that is both compelling and compassionate.Īs we stop and recognise World Mental Health Month, it brings up the uncomfortable and heartbreaking reality of suicide. ![]()
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