Ghosts: A coming-of-age story from the bestselling author of Everything I Know About Love & Good Material
Oct 2020 · Penguin UK
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, FROM THE AUTHOR OF EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT LOVE
'Utter BRILLIANCE . . . I absolutely LOVED it!' MARIAN KEYES
'An absolute knock-out... Dolly’s voice feels like your very favourite friend’ TAYLOR-JENKINS-REID
'Witty, touching without ever being sentimental ... Hugely enjoyable' DAVID NICHOLLS
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He said ‘I love you’. And then he disappeared.
Things that are going right for Nina Dean:
'Utter BRILLIANCE . . . I absolutely LOVED it!' MARIAN KEYES
'An absolute knock-out... Dolly’s voice feels like your very favourite friend’ TAYLOR-JENKINS-REID
'Witty, touching without ever being sentimental ... Hugely enjoyable' DAVID NICHOLLS
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He said ‘I love you’. And then he disappeared.
Things that are going right for Nina Dean:
- She’s found her dream job.
- She finally has her own home.
- She’s met Max, a beguiling romantic hero who has swept her off her feet.
Things that are going wrong for Nina Dean:
- She has the neighbour from hell.
- Her friendships are fracturing, and so is her parents’ marriage.
- She hasn’t seen or heard from Max for weeks.
Just as everything ought to be falling into place, it’s all falling apart instead. Nina’s beloved dad’s memory is slipping away from him, and her mum is caught in a baffling mid-life glow-up. Her friends are becoming strangers and her exes are moving on. Everywhere she turns, she’s reminded of time passing.
The last thing she needs is another ghost.
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE COMEDY WOMEN IN PRINT PRIZE
'A book so relatable you'll give yourself neck ache nodding in recognition' GRAZIA
'Bittersweet, funny, and occasionally gut-wrenching’ STYLIST
Sunday Times bestselling author, January 2024
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3.8
17 reviews
Grace J. Reviewerlady
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October 15, 2020
I suspect I'm out of step with this one; the much vaunted humour passed me by and I felt only happiness at no longer having to deal with today's dating scene. At age 32, Nina Dean's career as a food writer has taken off - more than could be said for her love life. Then she meets Max and all of a sudden her future seems to be settled. As all her friends are moving on from singledom, she is set to join them until, overnight, Max ghosts her. No contact, no replies to her texts, leaving her with her confidence shattered. Whilst her friends are moving to the suburbs and starting families, Nina only has her family to fall back on; with her Dad suffering from dementia and her mother in the midst of a mid-life crisis, there's little solace to be had there. I found this to be quite sad. How horribly those in the dating pool behave, treating others with disdain and, quite frankly, the whole thing horrified me. No matter how attracted I was to a person, there is no way I would give them a second chance after such appalling behaviour. In all honesty, I struggled my way through this book. I don't by any means live in the dark ages but I've never encountered this sort of novel before. Not one for me, although I'm sure others will love it. In all fairness, it is well written but it didn't keep my attention. For me, this is a two star read.
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Subba Reddy
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April 27, 2023
not❌🚫⛔ work. my money🤑💸💵💴💶💰💳 waste
Melissa Liner
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September 1, 2022
Loved this book from start to finish! so relatable.
About the author
Dolly Alderton is an award-winning author, screenwriter and journalist based in London. She is a columnist for the Sunday Times Style magazine and has also written for GQ, Red, Marie Claire and Grazia. She is the former co-host and co-creator of the podcast The High Low. Her first book, Everything I Know About Love, became a top-five Sunday Times bestseller in its first week of publication, won a National Book Award (UK) for Autobiography of the Year and was made into a BBC One TV series. Ghosts, her first novel, was an instant Sunday Times bestseller. Dear Dolly, a collection of her agony aunt columns from the Sunday Times Style magazine, was published in 2022 and was also a Sunday Times bestseller.
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