• Matt Haig: A surprise inheritance, a magical island and why he's embracing hope — in fiction and life

  • Oct 13 2024
  • Length: 29 mins
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Matt Haig: A surprise inheritance, a magical island and why he's embracing hope — in fiction and life

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  • In Matt Haig's latest bestseller, The Life Impossible, a retired math teacher goes on a Spanish adventure after inheriting a house on Ibiza. But things on the island aren't quite what they seem. For Matt, the story's surrealist elements mirror aspects of his own journey through depression and mental illness — and coming through it with new ideas about what's possible. He speaks with Mattea Roach about striving for authentic optimism in his fiction.


    Music featured in this episode:

    "Rainy Days and Mondays" written by Paul Williams and Roger Nichols, performed by Carpenters, from the 1971 self-titled album, Carpenters, produced by Jack Daugherty.
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