�A Possible Life� by Sebastian Faulks, is �a novel in five parts�. However, it�s not a novel as much as a collection of stories, spread out over various periods in time, from the past, present, and even the future, with the word �possible� being the key to connecting them.
The five stories are of different characters in different time frames, facing different situations, but each of them has have made choices which have changed the direction of their lives. Each of their stories could have had a different ending, but it is the possibilities in life which give the stories the direction they take.