
What does it mean to feel truly alive? From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Library comes a moving, funny and joyous exploration of how to live better, love better and feel more alive, Reasons to Stay Alive is more than a memoir. It is a book about making the most of your time on earth.

A charming, clever, and quietly moving debut novel of of endless possibilities and joyful discoveries that explores the promises we make and break, losing and finding ourselves, the objects that hold magic and meaning for our lives, and the surprising connections that bind us.

In this heart-rending tale of love and friendship, Jodi Picoult brings to life a familiar world, and in a single terrifying moment awakens every parent’s worst fear: We think we know our children… but do we ever really know them at all? This extraordinary, poignant novel paints an indelible portrait of two families in anguish and creates an astonishingly suspenseful courtroom drama as Chris is put on trial for murder.