Many thanks to NetGalley, St Martin's Press and Macmillan Audio for gifting me both a digital and audio ARC of this wonderful debut novel by Mikki Brammer, the audio beautifully narrated by Jennifer Pickens - 5 stars!
Clover has felt a strong connection with death ever since her kindergarten teacher died in front of her class. After her parents died, she was raised by her grandfather in his NYC apartment. She became a death doula, and was gifted at helping people through their end-of-life process, so much so that she didn't have a life of her own. Now 36, she lives in her deceased grandfather's apartment, no friends except an elderly neighbor, has never been kissed, and spends time visiting death cafes, where people talk about dying.
While you might think that a book about death and people dying would be grim and sad, this book is anything but. It's full of wonderful characters that come to life as you read. It's also a primer of how to best live your life. Clover kept notebooks of people's last words and organized them into the categories regrets, advice, confessions. In these regrets are lessons for living of which we should all take heed. Can't wait to read more from this author - highly recommended!
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