DATE CHANGE: Book Club in the Park - The Midnight Library

***Please note the Date Change - postponed one week - sorry!***

Lets meet for deep discussion on this book and its core themes of life and regret.

A summary of the book will be provided at the beginning and it is fine to attend if you have not read/finsihed the book (though there will be spoilers!)

We will find a place on the grass to sit, so please bring a rug or chair to sit should you wish.

The Midnight Library is a 2020 speculative novel by Matt Haig about a woman named Nora Seed, who after reaching a breaking point in her life, finds herself in a mystical library that allows her to explore the infinite versions of her life and discover what truly makes it worth living.
From the Guardian:
“The whole novel has the air of a skilful exercise designed to confront depression and anxiety. What’s the best that could happen in your life, and what’s the worst? What can you change, and what can’t you? These are big questions that are difficult to respond to with elegance and depth, and sometimes in moments of Nora’s elation or suicidal lows, the narration lapses into the trite and obvious – “the prison wasn’t the place, but the perspective”; “the paradox of volcanoes was that they were symbols of destruction but also life”. Contrary to the fantastical premise, the novel turns out to be a celebration of the ordinary: ordinary revelations, ordinary people, and the infinity of worlds seeded in ordinary choices."
There seem to be several sites (please note that I cannot vouch for the safety of them!) with a free download savailable, such as here:
https://icrrd.com/public/media/14-05-2021-102937The-Midnight%20-Library-Matt%20Haig.pdf