Everyone in this room will someday be dead: a novel
Author:
Publisher:
Atria Books
Pub. Date:
2021
Edition:
First Atria Books hardcover edition
Language:
English
Description
In this “fun, page-turner of a novel” (Sarah Haywood, New York Times bestselling author) that’s perfect for fans of Mostly Dead Things and Goodbye, Vitamin, a morbidly anxious young woman stumbles into a job as a receptionist at a Catholic church and soon finds herself obsessed with her predecessor’s mysterious death.
Gilda, a twenty-something, atheist, animal-loving lesbian, cannot stop ruminating about death. Desperate for relief from her panicky mind and alienated from her repressive family, she responds to a flyer for free therapy at a local Catholic church, and finds herself being greeted by Father Jeff, who assumes she’s there for a job interview. Too embarrassed to correct him, Gilda is abruptly hired to replace the recently deceased receptionist Grace.
In between trying to memorize the lines to Catholic mass, hiding the fact that she has a new girlfriend, and erecting a dirty dish tower in her crumbling apartment, Gilda strikes up an email correspondence with Grace’s old friend. She can’t bear to ignore the kindly old woman who has been trying to reach her friend through the church inbox, but she also can’t bring herself to break the bad news. Desperate, she begins impersonating Grace via email. But when the police discover suspicious circumstances surrounding Grace’s death, Gilda may have to finally reveal the truth of her mortifying existence.
With a “kindhearted heroine we all need right now” (Courtney Maum, New York Times bestselling author), Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead is a crackling and “delightfully weird reminder that we will one day turn to dust and that yes, this is depressing, but it’s also what makes life beautiful” (Jean Kyoung Frazier, author of Pizza Girl).
Gilda, a twenty-something, atheist, animal-loving lesbian, cannot stop ruminating about death. Desperate for relief from her panicky mind and alienated from her repressive family, she responds to a flyer for free therapy at a local Catholic church, and finds herself being greeted by Father Jeff, who assumes she’s there for a job interview. Too embarrassed to correct him, Gilda is abruptly hired to replace the recently deceased receptionist Grace.
In between trying to memorize the lines to Catholic mass, hiding the fact that she has a new girlfriend, and erecting a dirty dish tower in her crumbling apartment, Gilda strikes up an email correspondence with Grace’s old friend. She can’t bear to ignore the kindly old woman who has been trying to reach her friend through the church inbox, but she also can’t bring herself to break the bad news. Desperate, she begins impersonating Grace via email. But when the police discover suspicious circumstances surrounding Grace’s death, Gilda may have to finally reveal the truth of her mortifying existence.
With a “kindhearted heroine we all need right now” (Courtney Maum, New York Times bestselling author), Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead is a crackling and “delightfully weird reminder that we will one day turn to dust and that yes, this is depressing, but it’s also what makes life beautiful” (Jean Kyoung Frazier, author of Pizza Girl).
Subjects
Subjects
Anxiety
Anxiety -- Fiction
Atheists
Atheists -- Fiction
Black humor
Church buildings
Church buildings -- Fiction
Death
Death -- Fiction
Humorous fiction
Impersonation
Impersonation -- Fiction
LGBTQ+ people
Receptionists
Receptionists -- Fiction
Sexual minorities
Sexual minorities -- Fiction
Young women
Young women -- Fiction
Anxiety -- Fiction
Atheists
Atheists -- Fiction
Black humor
Church buildings
Church buildings -- Fiction
Death
Death -- Fiction
Humorous fiction
Impersonation
Impersonation -- Fiction
LGBTQ+ people
Receptionists
Receptionists -- Fiction
Sexual minorities
Sexual minorities -- Fiction
Young women
Young women -- Fiction
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9781982167356
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Last Indexed | 2024-04-25 05:26:37AM |
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Atheists -- Fiction
Black humor
Church buildings -- Fiction
Death -- Fiction
Humorous fiction
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LGBTQ+ people
Receptionists -- Fiction
Sexual minorities -- Fiction
Young women -- Fiction
Atheists -- Fiction
Black humor
Church buildings -- Fiction
Death -- Fiction
Humorous fiction
Impersonation -- Fiction
LGBTQ+ people
Receptionists -- Fiction
Sexual minorities -- Fiction
Young women -- Fiction
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Everyone in this room will someday be dead : a novel
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Atheists
Church buildings
Death
Impersonation
LGBTQ+ people
Receptionists
Sexual minorities
Young women
Atheists
Church buildings
Death
Impersonation
LGBTQ+ people
Receptionists
Sexual minorities
Young women
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