The Meaning of Life

Letters from Extraordinary People and their Answer to Life’s Biggest Question
An incredible collection of 75 luminaries on the meaning of life to inspire and broaden the mind.

With letters from Dame Jane Goodall, Oliver Burkeman, Dame Hilary Mantel, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Sir John Major and many more .

In 2015, James Bailey was down on his luck, unemployed, heartbroken, and living alone in his caravan wondering where it had all gone wrong. His life wasn’t panning out the way he had always dreamt it would. Becoming desperate for guidance to turn his life around, James wrote to hundreds of luminaries to ask them the very same question. What is the meaning of life?

After years of writing, waiting and hoping, soon James had garnered an incredible collection of responses, collated here for the first time. Inside you’ll find touching, thought-provoking and enlightening musings from scientists, writers, campaigners, a