A Long Way Down

By Nick Hornby

Subjects: Apartment dwellers, Lebenssinn, Fiction, general, London (england), fiction, Interpersonal relations, Gruppe, Selbstmordgefährdeter, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, Suicidal behavior, Hochhaus, Suicide, Fiction, psychological

Description: Meet Martin, JJ, Jess, and Maureen. Four people who come together on New Year's Eve: a former TV talk show host, a musician, a teenage girl, and a mother. Three are British, one is American. They encounter one another on the roof of Topper's House, a London destination famous as the last stop for those ready to end their lives. In four distinct and riveting first-person voices, Nick Hornby tells a story of four individuals confronting the limits of choice, circumstance, and their own mortality. This is a tale of connections made and missed, punishing regrets, and the grace of second chances.