TY - BOOK AU - Erlick,Nikki TI - The measure: a novel T2 - Read with Jenna SN - 9780063204218 PY - 2023/// CY - New York, New York PB - William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers KW - Mortality KW - Fiction KW - Fate and fatalism KW - Friendship KW - Families KW - Magic realist fiction KW - lcgft KW - Domestic fiction N2 - 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? ER -