Nora Seed has lost her job, her brother has cut her off, her cat has died. She feels she has failed at everythingâmusic, love, family, work. She decides to end her life. Instead of nothingness, she wakes in a vast library. It is always midnight. She is between life and deathâand she is about to be offered a chance to try other lives.
Nora is defined by what she didnât do: she left the band before they made it; she didnât marry Dan; she didnât become a glaciologist; she didnât stay close to her brother. Regret has become a prison. She cannot see that her current life still holds possibilityâshe can only see what she gave up.
The library is a metaphor for the weight of regretâevery choice we didnât make feels like a book we didnât read. But it is also a place of second chances: we can âtryâ other lives and learn that none is perfect.