The Measure by Nikki Erlick

Please note that we will be meeting on Tuesday instead of the usual Wednesday because of Thanksgiving.

One morning in March, the entire world wakes up to find that a small, wooden box has been left on the doorstep of everyone over the age of 22. From that day on, everyone in the world finds a similar box at their door on the morning of their 21st birthday. Each box is inscribed with the message, “The measure of your life lies within” and inside lies a coil of string indicating the length of the recipient’s life. The novel follows several New Yorkers as they grapple with the lengths of their own strings and the larger social implications of this new knowledge.