I found this book in my favourite op-shop. The backcover read, "Nora's life has been going from bad to worse. Then at the stroke of midnight on her last day on earth she finds herself transported to a library. There she is given the chance to undo her regrets and try out each of the other lives she might have lived. Which raises the ultimate question: with infinite choices, what is the best way to live?"
I'm not into speculative novels about women who, after reaching a breaking point in their lives, find themselves in a mystical library that allows them to explore the infinite versions of their lives and discover what truly makes it worth living, but what did I have to lose at a mere gold coin? I read it in one sitting, and what stuck with me was this:
"It is easy to mourn the lives we aren't living. Easy to wish we'd developed other talents, said yes to different offers. Easy to wish we'd worked harder, loved better, handled our finances more astutely, been more popular, stayed in the band, gone to Australia ..." click here
Well, at least I've gone to Australia!
