The Life Impossible
Matt Haig
The remarkable new Sunday Times bestselling novel from the author of the 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.
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BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH Haig's wise and moving novel is both a mystery and a love story . . . Perhaps its greatest gift lies in showing us that it is possible to dismantle the boundaries we have built, grasp the connections previously hidden, and appreciate life in all its richness
JOANNA CANNON
Guardian
Stunning. It's not only exquisitely written but has so much magic woven through it
FEARNE COTTON Okay, folks, buckle up. Matt Haig, the wonder, is back
LEMN SISSAY Weird and fantastical and lush and magical at once
HOLLIE McNISH I just meant to glance at this book, but it seized me and wouldn't let me go. Fabulous
JOANNA LUMLEY Haig's writing is as assured and appetising as ever
Independent
A voyage of self-discovery and what it means to be human
Mail on Sunday
Magnificent . . . in Haig's sure hands, magic comes to breathtaking life
Publishers Weekly
Wise, thought-provoking and great on finding connections in unlikely places . . . The descriptions of the Spanish island are so lush and evocative . . . Wonderful
Daily Mail