By Paulo Coelho
Twenty-four-year-old Veronika turns out to have every thing -- early life and wonder, boyfriends and a loving kin, a satisfying task. yet anything is lacking in her existence. So, one chilly November morning, she takes a handful of slumbering capsules awaiting by no means to get up. yet she does -- at a psychological health facility the place she is informed that she has basically days to dwell.
encouraged through occasions in Coelho's personal existence, Veronika comes to a decision to Die questions the that means of insanity and celebrates people who don't healthy into styles society considers to be common. daring and illuminating, it's a remarkable portrait of a tender lady on the crossroads of depression and liberation, and a poetic, exuberant appreciation of every day as a renewed chance.
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