Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead
Gilda cannot stop thinking about death. Desperate for relief from her anxious mind and alienated from her repressive family, she responds to a flyer for free therapy at a local church and finds herself abruptly hired to replace the deceased receptionist Grace. It's not the most obvious job - she's queer and an atheist for starters - and so in between trying to learn mass, hiding her new maybe-girlfriend and conducting an amateur investigation into Grace's death, Gilda must avoid revealing the truth of her mortifying existence.
A blend of warmth, deadpan humour, and pitch-perfect observations about the human condition, Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead is a crackling exploration of what it takes to stay afloat in a world where your expiration - and the expiration of those you love - is the only certainty.
Review
Gilda's overwhelming questions about the nature of existence don't go away; transformed by love, they turn into wonder instead. ― New York Times
Darkly humorous... Austin has crafted her oddball heroine so tenderly that you will her on to find a way out of the chaos. ― The Times
The perfect blend of macabre and funny ― Buzzfeed
As funny as the novel is, it's equally dark and intensely harrowing. This debut is profound for its honest portrayal of mental health in a chaotic modern world, giving space for humour and tenderness while reckoning with the absurdity of the human condition. ― The Skinny
I know the title of this book makes it sound like a nihilistic nightmare but it promises to be darkly hilarious, which is exactly the sort of edgy comedy I'm searching for right now. ― Refinery29
Dark, edgy humor and starting to buzz ― Library Journal, Spring/Summer Bests
Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead is a gentle book. This novel prompts the reader to sympathise with all those who are normally looked over or past. Emily Austin's narration is so fundamentally kind that you can feel the warmth coming off each page. ― Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, author of Starling Days
Brilliant. I adored this book. Gilda is a beautiful soul - I felt at times that I was reading about myself. A honest, unflinching look into anxiety. It's also funny, sharp and touching. I can't wait to see people fall in love with it. Will be a HIT ― Ericka Waller, author of Dog Days
About the Author
Podrobnosti
| Autor |
Emily Austin |
|---|---|
| Vydavatel |
Atlantic Books |
| Jazyk | anglicky |
| Vazba | měkká |
| Počet stran | 272 |
| Formát | 12,9 × 19,8 cm |
| EAN | 9781838953751 |
| Rok vydání | 2022 |
| Edice |
Současná beletrie Vztahy, romantika, rodina |
Autor
Emily Austin
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