The measure : a novel /
Erlick, Nikki,
The measure : a novel / Nikki Erlick. - First William Morrow paperback edition. - 354 pages ; 21 cm. - Read with Jenna. . - Read with Jenna. .
From suburban doorsteps to desert tents, every person on every continent receives the same small wooden box. The box holds their fate inside: the answer to the exact number of years they will live. In an instant, the world is thrust into a collective frenzy. As society comes together and pulls apart, everyone faces the same shocking choice: Do they wish to know how long they'll live? And, if so, what will they do with that knowledge?
9780063204218 0063204215
Mortality--Fiction.
Fate and fatalism--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Magic realist fiction.
Domestic fiction.
The measure : a novel / Nikki Erlick. - First William Morrow paperback edition. - 354 pages ; 21 cm. - Read with Jenna. . - Read with Jenna. .
From suburban doorsteps to desert tents, every person on every continent receives the same small wooden box. The box holds their fate inside: the answer to the exact number of years they will live. In an instant, the world is thrust into a collective frenzy. As society comes together and pulls apart, everyone faces the same shocking choice: Do they wish to know how long they'll live? And, if so, what will they do with that knowledge?
9780063204218 0063204215
Mortality--Fiction.
Fate and fatalism--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Magic realist fiction.
Domestic fiction.