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The Measure: A Novel
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""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, pour a cup of coffee, and head out.
But today, when you open your front door, waiting for you is a small wooden box. This box holds your fate inside: the answer to 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.
© 2022 HarperAudio (Lydbog): 9780063204249
Release date
Lydbog: 28. juni 2022
The Measure: A Novel
- Af
- Med
- Forlag
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, pour a cup of coffee, and head out.
But today, when you open your front door, waiting for you is a small wooden box. This box holds your fate inside: the answer to 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.
© 2022 HarperAudio (Lydbog): 9780063204249
Release date
Lydbog: 28. juni 2022
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Helle
2. jul. 2022
Page-turnerRomantiskTristUfatteligtInspirerendeWould we honestly be more happy, if we know when we had to leave the earth or would the unknown make us happier. What is it that we are chasing in life?
Cecilie
26. nov. 2022
TristTankevækkendeUfatteligtMeget tankeprovokerende bog. Fantastisk historie! Spændende, uhyggelig, dog ikke på en gyser måde, men angstprovokerende. Hvad ville man selv gøre, hvis man fik sådan en boks? Hvor anderledes vil verden blive?
Fanny
11. feb. 2024
Page-turnerTankevækkendeUfatteligtMeget tankevækkende historie, der sætter perspektiv på det at være i live
Tina
18. feb. 2023
FeelgoodPage-turnerTankevækkendeLoved this book. The parallel to our own world is great. The corrupt politicians that will do absolutely anything to stay in power and the alienations of people who are just a little different from us . Thus creating a terrible parallel society.
Tanja
31. okt. 2023
Page-turnerTristTankevækkendeUfatteligtInspirerendeMotiverendeFantastisk. A must listen/read
Leif
15. aug. 2023
Velskrevet bog, med fantasifuld præmis. Dette nyder jeg normalt, som anledning til at se tilværelsen fra en ny vinkel. Men præmissen valgt i denne bog - livstrådene - har uløselige paradokser og konsekvenser som jeg ikke føler bogen rummer og derfor kunne jeg ikke læse den færdig. En ting er at på de beskrevne betingelser hvor en længere tråd altid giver længere liv, ville man efter få dødsfald logisk kunne regne ud og fortælle på sekundet hvor længe hver person skal leve med vilde afledte samfundskonsekvenser. Det sker ikke. For det andet ville det ikke vare længe inden personer med lange tråde ville forsøge selvmord på måder der ikke kunne stoppes tilfældigt (udspring fra fly uden faldskærm, træde ud foran tog og den slags). Hvad skal så ske, suspension af naturlovene, magisk fremtrylning af faldskærm? Hvis man har et præmis skal det tages alvorligt. Derfor fungerer denne bog ikke for mig.
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