The Life Impossible

“An odyssey of action & awe.” —The New York Times

“A wry & tender love-letter to the best of being human.” —Benedict Cumberbatch

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The remarkable next novel from Matt Haig, the author of #1 New York Times bestseller The Midnight Library, with more than nine million copies sold worldwide

“What looks like magic is simply a part of life we don’t understand yet…”

When retired math 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 & no plan. 

Among the rugged hills & golden beaches of the island, Grace searches for answers about her friend’s life, & 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 & wild adventure, this is a story of hope & the life-changing power of a new beginning.

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Matt Haig is the author of the internationally bestselling memoir Reasons to Stay Alive, along with five novels, including The Midnight Library, How to Stop Time, & several award-winning children’s books. His work has been published in fifty territories across the world.