Binding: Hardcover
Description: Instant NEW YORK Times Bestseller - The Read With Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick!" A story of love and hope as interweaving characters display: how all moments big and small can measure a life. If you want joy love romance and hope read with us." Jenna Bush Hager A luminous spirit - lifting blockbuster that asks: would you choose to find out the length of your life? Eight ordinary people. One extraordinary choice. It seems like any other day. You wake up drink a cup of coffee and head out. But today when you open your front door waiting for you is a small wooden box. The contents of this mysterious box tells you the exact number of years you will live. From suburban doorsteps to desert tents every person on every continent receives the same box. In an instant the world is thrust into a collective frenzy. Where did these boxes come from? What do they mean? Is there truth to what they promise? As society comes together and pulls apart everyone faces the same shocking choice: Do they wish to know how long they ll live? And if so what will they do with that knowledge? The Measure charts the dawn of this new world through an unforgettable cast of characters whose decisions and fates interweave with one another: best friends whose dreams are forever entwined pen pals finding refuge in the unknown a couple who thought they didn t have to rush a doctor who cannot save himself and a politician whose box becomes the powder keg that ultimately changes everything. Enchanting and deeply uplifting The Measure is an ambitious invigorating story about family friendship hope and destiny that encourages us to live life to the fullest.
Title: The Measure A Novel
Author(s): Erlick Nikki
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780063204201
Pages: 368 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 6/28/2022