The Life Impossible

The beloved author of The Midnight Library and How to Stop Time returns with another beautifully wrought and inspiring novel of wild adventure and deep transformation.

'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 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.

MEDIA 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, Guardian

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 - Independent

An odyssey of action and awe . . . a humble and genuinely lovely concept - New York Times

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 - Daily Mail

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