false 8632362 597352 1431 0061124265 9780061124266 852 <![CDATA[Veronika Decides to Die: A Novel of Redemption]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/14/431/1431-m-1255578970.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/14/431/1431-s-1255578970.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1431.Veronika_Decides_to_Die_A_Novel_of_Redemption 3.68 8443 Twenty-four-year-old Veronika seems to have everything -- youth and beauty, boyfriends and a loving family, a fulfilling job. But something is missing in her life. So, one cold November morning, she takes a handful of sleeping pills expecting never to wake up. But she does -- at a mental hospital where she is told that she has only days to live.

Inspired by events in Coelho's own life, Veronika Decides to Die questions the meaning of madness and celebrates individuals who do not fit into patterns society considers to be normal. Bold and illuminating, it is a dazzling portrait of a young woman at the crossroads of despair and liberation, and a poetic, exuberant appreciation of each day as a renewed opportunity.

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This book was about Veronika and how she had decided to die, and attempted suicide. She awakens from her attempt to realize that the attempt was not successful, but that she had cause d...more...]]>