The Midnight Train
A Novel
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4.5 • 239 Ratings
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“Matt Haig returns with another life-affirming novel . . . If you enjoy the “Midnight” experience, climb aboard.” —The New York Times Book Review
When your life flashes before your eyes, where would you stop?
No one can change the past, but the Midnight Train can take you there.
The chance to re-live the moments that meant most.
To see what kind of person you really were.
For Wilbur his best days were with Maggie, the love of his life. On his honeymoon in Venice.
Before he gave it all away.
He wishes he could go back and live differently. But to do so risks everything . . .
A magical, time-travelling love story, from the world of The Midnight Library.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Matt Haig expands the magic realism universe of The Midnight Library with this equally compelling follow-up. Elderly bookstore-chain owner Wilbur doesn’t have much time to react to an unexpectedly friendly phone call from his ex-wife, Maggie, because he dies not long after hanging up. He then awakens at a train station, awaiting an old-fashioned locomotive. His guide explains that the train will travel to significant times and places in his life, but he can’t attempt to change what he sees. That all goes out the window when they arrive at his Venice honeymoon with Maggie. The Midnight Train explores the devastating emotional cost of devoting yourself to work instead of to the people who love you and need you to spend time and emotional energy showing that you love them back. It’s also a gentle, sweet-natured romantic fantasy that’s almost impossible not to lose yourself in.
Customer Reviews
Enjoyable
Enjoyable and quick to read. But happiness didn’t have to be one shop or nothing.
Moving
This is a great book that should be read by anyone in the corporate world who is tempted to climb the corporate ladder.
Living Love
Such a great read and reminder about living, loving and time. Again, the author brings quantum physics into an understandable realistic yet magical form. Fabulous tie in with Midnight Library too. I could not put this down.