This book is a great read for those who are feeling lost and unappreciative of life. Veronika's journey through her last few days will make you see the world through a different perspective. The book's unique feature is how it highlights the meaning of life and how one can appreciate it even when in the darkest of moments. Overall, a book that will make you stop taking life for granted.

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Translated from Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa. Veronika has everything she could wish for - young and pretty, with plenty of attractive boyfriends, a steady job, a loving family. Yet Veronika is not happy and one winter's morning she takes an overdose of sleeping pills, only to wake up some time later in the local hospital. There she is told that although she is alive, her heart is now irreparably damaged and she has only a few days to live...This story follows her through these intense days as she starts to question all her ideas about life. Soon she comes to realize that every second of existence is a choice we all make between living and dying. This is a moving and uplifting song to life, one that reminds us that every moment in our lives is special and precious.

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