Written by the author of one of my favourites books of all time paulocoelho. . . Veronika decides to die is a non-fiction story based somewhat on the early life of its author. A woman who lives a mundane, tedious, routine life decides to commit suicide. In a failed attempt she is admitted to a mental infirmary where upon arrival she is told she’ll only live a week if she’s lucky. In that week she finds out what the true wonders of life are. . . The philosophical question of the story is this “Is life always worth living” and if so how is life to be lived? . . We live in search of the “why” why am I here, what is my purpose, once we find that out the “how” becomes easy . . Don’t let society tell you what life is, we all out here guessing as we go along. Drown out the sound of society and listen to your intuition, it is your compass, guiding light and where all the true answer to life exists. . . #paulocoelho #bookstagram #booklover #reading #nonfiction