The Life Impossible

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The Life Impossible

By: Matt Haig

Narrated by: Joanna Lumley, Jordan Stephens

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Summary

*THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN, Matt Haig's new novel from the world of The Midnight Library, is out now*

NARRATED BY JOANNA LUMLEY

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.

Matt HaigJoanna LumleyJordan StephensCanongate BooksLiterature & FictionLength: 10 hrs and 47 minRelease date: 29/08/2024Unabridged AudiobookLanguage: English

Genre Fiction

Reviews

"A beautiful novel full of life-affirming wonder and imagination" (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)

"Stunning. It's not only exquisitely written but has so much magic woven through it" (FEARNE COTTON)

"Haig’s writing is as assured and appetising as ever"

"An odyssey of action and awe . . . a humble and genuinely lovely concept"

"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)

"Wise, thought-provoking and great on finding connections in unlikely places . . . The descriptions of the Spanish island are so lush and evocative . . . Wonderful"

"Wondrous . . . [a] fantastical exploration of grief, forgiveness and second chances"

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Having adored listening to the Midnight Library, I hoped this would be a similar mix of fantasy and philosophy with the promised thriller /mystery elements. But the story fell flat. It’s fantastical but without a solid philosophical basis and the « mystery » did not hold.