The Measure: The Instant New York Times Bestseller

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As people begin coming to terms with their strings, violence at the hands of short-stringers increases and is extensively covered by the media. A shooting happens during Hank's shift at New York Memorial Hospital at the hands of a short-stringer. This leads members of the public to begin to question whether short-stringers have become a threat. In the support group, Maura argues that, “We never should have allowed them to start labeling people as ‘long-stringers’ and ‘short-stringers.’” Do you agree with her? Do you think it would create more division or strengthen community in society?Wes Johnson is initially the leading presidential candidate before the debate in which Anthony calls for string transparency. Wes is the only candidate of color and he has a short string. Johnson starts the Johnson Foundation to safeguard the rights of short-stringers. Captain Reynolds This measure is expected to have a significant impact on 250,000 businesses that are estimated to move into using the cash basis as a result of these changes. It is not expected that there will be adverse effects on any groups sharing protected characteristics. Impact on business including civil society organisations There is a bit of everything here there is happiness and sadness, tragedy and sacrifice, it’s poignant and there’s a good message about prejudice and injustice. There are some very likeable characters to pin your hopes on and root for and one you definitely don’t. The ending is emotional but it feels right.

it’s so fun to ponder and think through what you’d do while reading this. would you open the box to see your string? would the curiousity get the better of you? or would you wait? i can see it both ways, of course. pros and cons to both situations. after you see how the world changes when the strings are delivered, you can’t help but think that ignorance could be bliss. or maybe the strings could help restore so much of our broken world + mindset—and most importantly, change how we choose to live our lives with the little time we have. what do we prioritize, knowing exactly how many years we have on this earth?

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Roughly 10 years after the strings' arrival, Maura died. Although grieving, Nina did not despair. She and Maura had made a happy life together despite its brief duration. Not long later, Amie and Ben, who had created a family together, also died. Nina adopted their young children. For the first time in her life, she was able to find peace, joy, and beauty in the present moment.

I loved this rumination of how we would change if we could have that information. Would you open your box? Would it change your life? Would it change your opinion of others? A story of love and hope as interweaving characters display: how all moments, big and small, can measure a life. If you want joy, love, romance, and hope—read with us." —Jenna Bush Hager The Measurebegins with a prologue, describing how every person over the age of 22 in the world receives a wooden box engraved with the phrase "The measure of your life lies within." The first chapter, "Spring," opens with Nina, a journalist in New York City, discovering her box. Nina lives with her girlfriend of two years, Maura, and they learn that Nina has a long string and Maura has a short string, giving her only 10 years left to live. Ben is a young architect whose girlfriend opens his box against his wishes and tells him he has 14 years left to live before breaking up with him. Hank is an ER doctor who is resigning from his hospital due to feelings of growing impotence. When Hank learns that he is at the end of his string, he decides to take his own advice and join a support group. Amie, Nina's younger sister and a teacher at Connelly Academy, finds a writing exercise in her classroom and realizes that the short-stringer support group is being held at Connelly Academy. She writes a response on the piece of paper—discussing a couple separated during WWII—and this begins an anonymous correspondence with a man who turns out to be Ben. Maura and Hank are also in the support group. The Measure charts the dawn of this new world through an unforgettable cast of characters whose decisions and fates interweave with one another: best friends whose dreams are forever entwined, pen pals finding refuge in the unknown, a couple who thought they didn’t have to rush, a doctor who cannot save himself, and a politician whose box becomes the powder keg that ultimately changes everything.When the boxes arrive, the length of the strings can only be loosely interpreted. Gradually, technology advances so the strings can estimate the length of a person’s life plus or minus a few years. Then technology is released which predicts the month when a person will die. These admin burden savings are minimum estimates and may not include the full impact of the reductions in admin burdens identified above, in cases where it has not been possible to quantify the savings.

This book is so poetic, heart wrenching, meaningful, poignant, one of a kind! It affected me more than I expected! Definitely, absolutely, extremely, highly recommend you to read it! By setting the cash basis as the default method of calculating trading profits, this measure aims to remove administrative barriers to using the simpler regime, and seeks to formalise the behaviour of many businesses that currently use the cash basis without officially electing to do so. This change also aims to calm any concerns that taxpayers may have that the cash basis is not a ‘normal’ or ‘proper’ way of calculating trading profits. These questions have been tailored to this book’s specific reading experience, but if you want more ideas, we also have an article with 101 generic book club questions.I loved the author’s perspective to the boxes’ traumatic reflections to people’s regular lives but I mostly enjoyed the powerful POVs ! I like my reading and listening to be free of anything political. I avoid it completely and, I believe, I'm a much better person because of it. It's completely a 'Me' thing. I did take away a star because I feel strongly about a trigger that's so important to my mental well-being. Nina is the first character we meet and the first person we see discover her box on the doorstep of her New York City apartment which she shares with her girlfriend, Maura. Nina is a journalist and very cautious, so her first instinct is not to open her box, and Maura follows suit. Once Nina and Maura open their boxes, they learn that Nina has a long string and Maura has a short string. Nina stays with Maura despite this knowledge without a second thought; however, we see how much Nina struggles to come to terms with Maura's string. Being with Maura brings out a courageous initiatory nature in Nina; this has been true since they first met, when Nina approached Maura in a karaoke bar. Maura The outcome of the boxes’ sudden appearance resulted with chaotic and traumatic changes in the world! People who have short strings find themselves into deranged Darwinian attempt at exclusion. Most of them lose their jobs, health insurance, rights to get treated properly at hospital, getting accepted to the critical positions at army, government jobs. And don’t forget, if you enjoyed The Measure, we can recommend similar reads. Scroll to the end of this guide for 3 suggested read-alikes.