The Midnight Library
Haig's novel follows Nora Seed, who finds herself in a library between life and death where each book lets her live a different version of her life. Through regret, choice, possibility, and meaning, it explores the question of how to live. The work is a meditation on the paths not taken and finding purpose.
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