IF YOU COULD NEVER STAY WHERE WOULD YOU GO?Escape into this spellbinding novel of adventure
wonder and self-discovery for fans of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue The Midnight Library
and Life of Pi. Paris 1885: Aubry Tourvel a spoiled and stubborn nine-year-old girl comes
across a wooden puzzle ball on her walk home from school. She tosses it over the fence only to
find it in her satchel that evening. Days later at the family dinner table she starts to
succumb to a mysterious illness. When a visit to a doctor only makes her worse she flees to
the outskirts of the city where she realises that it is this very act of movement that keeps
her alive. So begins her incredible lifelong journey around the world . . . From scorched sand
dunes to snow-packed mountain peaks from a bottomless well in a Parisian courtyard to the
shelves of an infinite underground library we follow Aubry as she learns what it takes to
survive and ultimately to truly live. But it soon becomes clear that the world she travels
through is not quite the same as everyone else's. *LONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD
2025** As seen on Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show Book Club *'Imagine Life of Pi and The Midnight
Library rolled into one fantastical fable'NEW YORK TIMES'Extraordinary . . . Welcome to
[Aubry's] exciting dangerous and romantic life'OPRAH DAILYREADERS LOVE A SHORT WALK:'This book
is incredible''I loved every page of it . . . you just cannot put the book down''A perfect read
. . . Aubry is a marvellous character''A true love letter to travel adventure and discovery .
. . fantastic''Wow what a stunning book!''Beautifully written . . . I loved following her
journey''A unique blend of adventure and fantasy . . . the world-building is nothing short of
amazing''I just couldn't stop reading . . . inspiring'
