Description: "Matt Haig's latest book, How To Stop Time , is marvelous in every sense of the word. Clever, funny, poignant, and written with Haig's trademark blend of crystalline prose and deft storytelling, this is a book that stirs the heart and mind in equal measure. A hugely enjoyable read." --Deborah Harkness, author of The All Souls Trilogy "Compelling and full of life's big questions, How To Stop Time is a book you will not be able to put down." --Graeme Simsion, author of The Rosie Project "Matt Haig has an empathy for the human condition, the light and the dark of it, and he uses the full palette to build his excellent stories." --Neil Gaiman, author of American Gods "Matt Haig uses words like a tin-opener. We are the tin." --Jeanette Winterson, author of Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? "Haig has been gifted with a rare ability, which is to make the far-fetched - and even ridiculous - seem believable. His books tickle your mind and tug on your heart, and their pages slip by with beguiling ease. . . How to Stop Time will provoke wonder and delight." -- The Guardian "Matt Haig is astounding." --Stephen Fry "Inventive, exciting, moving and bursting with insight about history, time and what it is to be human." --Kate Williams, author of Becoming Queen Victoria "I loved How to Stop Time , it's a beautiful and necessary book. I feel very lucky to have read it. It is magical, intriguing, and at times, very sad. A triumph." --Marian Keyes, author of The Woman Who Stole My Life "An addictive, time-travelling tale which unfolds at a cracking pace" -- The Bookseller , Book of the Month "Full of Haig's trademark humour and humanity, this is a wonderfully entertaining ride through centuries of adventure. Gloriously heart-warming." -- Sunday Mirror "A story you've been longing to read . . . Haig's proficiency in writing for children has lent a gentleness that cuts to the very heart of this work and its readers." --Evening Standard, " The Best Books to Read This Summer" "How to Stop Time is a worthy addition to the time-travel canon, hugely entertaining, quietly funny and, at its best moments, contemplative and brooding." --John Boyne, Irish Times Praise for Reasons to Stay Alive : "Destined to become a modern classic." -- Entertainment Weekly "Wonderful and essential." -- The Huffington Post

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