Ghosts

Brought to you by Penguin.

The first novel from the award-winning, bestselling author of Everything I Know About Love



Narrated by Holliday Grainger, star of Lady Chatterley''s Lover, Tell it to the Bees and Animals.

Nina Dean has arrived at her early thirties as a successful food writer with loving friends and family, plus a new home and neighbourhood. When she meets Max, a beguiling romantic hero who tells her on date one that he''s going to marry her, it feels like all is going to plan.

A new relationship couldn''t have come at a better time - her thirties have not been the liberating, uncomplicated experience she was sold. Everywhere she turns, she is reminded of time passing and opportunities dwindling. Friendships are fading, ex-boyfriends are moving on and, worse, everyone''s moving to the suburbs. There''s no solace to be found in her family, with a mum who''s caught in a baffling mid-life makeover and a beloved dad who is vanishing in slow-motion into dementia.

Dolly Alderton''s debut novel is funny and tender, filled with whip-smart observations about relationships, family, memory, and how we live now.

Praise for GHOSTS

''I love this book. It is wise, funny, tender and true, sharply-observed and utterly hilarious. Dolly Alderton''s talent is phenomenal'' Elizabeth Day

''I loved it - Dolly Alderton has clearly mastered every form of writing. Which is a surprise to nobody'' Candice Carty-Williams

''Loved it from start to finish, really laugh out loud: well-written, packed with ideas and observations and so engaging I can''t put it down'' Philippa Perry

''Such clever writing, wonderfully funny; fab characters and delightful details. Divine'' Nina Stibbe

''Grainer...[captures] the brittle humour that masks a real vulnerability and sadness.'' Alex Clarke, The Financial Times

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