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Great story! I’m glad I recently heard about this book and was able to get an early arc from Netgalley.
Definitely one of my top books for this year, highly recommend! Don’t want to say too much and spoil the story.
Definitely one of my top books for this year, highly recommend! Don’t want to say too much and spoil the story.
I bought this book to read as part of an online book club, so I really had no expectations for it. It turns out that it was a great read and one that I eventually found too hard to put down.
The story is centred around Andrew, an English man in his 40s, who works for the local council in the department that deals with the affairs of people who die alone. He also lives alone, but has lived a lie with those he has worked with for the past 5 years, who think he is happily married with 2 children. Th ...more
The story is centred around Andrew, an English man in his 40s, who works for the local council in the department that deals with the affairs of people who die alone. He also lives alone, but has lived a lie with those he has worked with for the past 5 years, who think he is happily married with 2 children. Th ...more
Meet Andrew. He has a fake family born from a misunderstanding during a job interview. He keeps up the story - a spreadsheet of facts included. He lives alone and his “friends” are from a miniature train forum.
Andrew’s job consists of going into the homes of the deceased to find info leading to their next of kin. He also attends the funerals if there is no real family to speak of.
Enter Peggy, a new coworker who is talkative, friendly, and has her own set of problems in her personal life. They bo ...more
Andrew’s job consists of going into the homes of the deceased to find info leading to their next of kin. He also attends the funerals if there is no real family to speak of.
Enter Peggy, a new coworker who is talkative, friendly, and has her own set of problems in her personal life. They bo ...more
I really liked the ending of the book, and I was glad I kept reading to get there. Loose ends were wrapped up nicely. I would have liked to have seen more depth to the characters. I wasn’t able to like any of them because they were all, without exception, very quirky people, and I couldn’t get a feeling of who they really were.
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Apr 03, 2019
Sarah
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Laine
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Kristen
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May 31, 2019
Katlyn
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Melina
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Bill
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Jun 18, 2019
Jenn Simmons
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Candy Keller
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Sasha
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Jan 25, 2020
Alyssa
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Jeni Johnson
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