The Midnight Library

by Matt Haig

she’d been sat

What country?

Bedford Half.

Massachusetts

then I remembered I hate running.’

Good humor

Envy.

She wanted to be at peace also free of pain.

chaos and entropy.

Philosophers have a tendency toward the maudlin.

things were about to get worse.

despair

weight

she was. A black hole.

dying star,

colla...

hear Joe was in Bedford

Nora felt as pain.

alienated from her brother

barrier between them.

painful disconnect

he’s depressed.’

family mental health problem?

‘The world’s smallest violin is playing.’

Ravi doesn't care

this about The Labyrinths? Still?’

your brother’s not ready to see you.’

old wounds over choices Nora made to quit the band

panic attacks.

she left for her own mental health

your problem was life fright.’

I can relate

blaming others for your shitty life.’

personal responsibility

Sturm und Drang

chaos and intensity.

gave it up.

more into music

petrified of motherhood.

leaving everything behind.

free fall

best friend Izzy,

ten thousand mi...

alone isolated

dried up betw...

estranged

Hi Izzy, long time no chat. Miss you, friend. Would be WONDROUS to catch up. X

Norma reaches out to both her brother, Joe and her best friend Izzy

Last Chance Saloon.

She’d imagined

alternative lives

‘Go confidently in the direction of your dreams,’

‘Live the life you’ve imagined.’

purpose,

reason to exist.

it might never happen,’

the whole problem.

Five hours before she decided to die,

A countdown of the development of suicidal ideation.

giving up altogether.’

Nora is about to lose her only piano student after losing her job

imagined the ground opening up,

going down

irises are out,

hope spring

what possible consolation they could offer.

being in nature actually helps to soothe some formsof depression

No one needed her.

She was superfluous

This can lead to suidal thoughts

whole being ached with regret,

despair in her mind

bleak, dark reality.