{"product_id":"9780008491550","title":"The Measure","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Erlick, Nikki \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 25 May 2023 by HarperCollins Publishers (The Borough Press) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 368 pages\u003cbr\u003e129 x 198 x 25 | 248g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘GRIPPING AND POIGNANT’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRUTH HOGAN, bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Things\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘CLEVER AND ENTERTAINING’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘A THOUGHT-PROVOKING READ’ PRIMA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Eight ordinary people. One extraordinary choice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  It seems like just another morning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Around the world, people wake up, check the news, open the front door.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e On every doorstep is a box. Inside that box is the exact number of years that person has left to live.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Whether they open it or hide it under their bed, each person must learn to live in this new world: a couple who thought they didn’t have to rush their life together, a doctor who cannot save himself from his own fate, best friends whose dreams are forever entwined, and a politician whose box becomes the powder keg that ultimately changes everything…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Enchanting and deeply uplifting, The Measure is a sweeping, ambitious and invigorating story about family, friendship, hope and destiny that encourages us to live life to the fullest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ***\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘EXAMINES THE BIG LIFE AND DEATH QUESTIONS IN A CLEVER AND, DARE WE SAY IT, ENTERTAINING WAY’ WOMAN \u0026amp; HOME\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘INTRIGUING’ WOMAN’S WEEKLY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘LIFE-AFFIRMING’ CHRISTINA DALCHER, bestselling author of Vox\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘DESPITE ITS CHILLING PREMISE, ERLICK’S NOVEL IS AN ESCAPE FROM — RATHER THAN A WINDOW INTO — OUR OWN TERRIFYING REALITY’ NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘COMPELLING AND HEART-BREAKING’ Bridget Collins, bestselling author of The Binding\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A SHARP LENS FOR REAL-WORLD PROBLEMS' DAILY MAIL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘A HEARTFELT PARABLE FOR OUR OWN UNPRECEDENTED TIMES’ Laurie Frankel, bestselling author of One Two Three\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED AND HUGELY IMAGINATIVE’ Claire North\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘BRILLIANT – I COULDN’T STOP READING’ Christina Sweeney-Baird\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘HUGELY COMPELLING’ Freya Sampson, author of The Last Chance Library\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55380614709623,"sku":"9780008491550","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9780008491550.jpg?v=1751292964","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.co.uk\/products\/9780008491550","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}