The Life Impossible by Matt Haig

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.

Review

A beautiful novel full of life-affirming wonder and imagination, and at its adventurous heart a wry and tender love-letter to the best of being a human alive at this time on this planet -- BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH

Praise for Matt Haig: Magical, intriguing and, at times, very sad. A triumph -- MARIAN KEYES

Matt Haig has an empathy for the human condition, the light and the dark of it, and he uses the full palette to build his excellent stories -- NEIL GAIMAN

Love this man's books -- JODI PICOULT

Matt Haig is astounding -- STEPHEN FRY

The king of empathy -- JAMEELA JAMIL

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Canongate Books; Export/Airside - Export/Airside/Ireland edition (29 August 2024)

Language ‏ : ‎ English

Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1838855580

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1838855581

Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 426 g

Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.3 x 2.7 x 23.5 cm

Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ United Kingdom