The Measure
Book description
'GRIPPING AND POIGNANT' RUTH HOGAN, bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Things
'CLEVER AND ENTERTAINING' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
'A THOUGHT-PROVOKING READ' PRIMA
Eight ordinary people. One extraordinary choice.It seems like just another morning.
You make a cup of tea. Check the news. Open the front door.
On your doorstep…
Why read it?
2 authors picked The Measure as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is a story about a world where everyone wakes up with a simple wooden box outside their doors containing a string, the length of which indicates the length of that person’s life.
The Measure follows several characters as the world grapples with what this means. What happens when you have a short string? Or a long string? Do you even open the box to look? It’s a book you want everyone around you to read so you can discuss it.
During the pandemic I couldn’t bear to read much. It was hard to focus and I shut down.
The Measure was the book that pulled me out of it. It held my attention with an iron grip, and it never let go. The premise is frighteningly simple; everyone in the world who is twenty-two will receive a box with a string it in. The length of the string dictates the length of your life. The prose was so sharp and clear that I expected at any moment to receive my own box.
The Measure got me excited about fiction again,…
From Sophie's list on escaping reality.
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