5/8/2023 0 Comments Ghosts dolly alderton amazonDolly Alderton's talent is phenomenal' Elizabeth Day It is wise, funny, tender and true, sharply-observed and utterly hilarious. 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.ĭolly Alderton's debut novel is funny and tender, filled with whip-smart observations about relationships, family, memory, and how we live now. Friendships are fading, ex-boyfriends are moving on and, worse, everyone's moving to the suburbs. Everywhere she turns, she is reminded of time passing and opportunities dwindling. 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.Ī new relationship couldn't have come at a better time - her thirties have not been the liberating, uncomplicated experience she was sold. Nina Dean has arrived at her early thirties as a successful food writer with loving friends and family, plus a new home and neighbourhood. Narrated by Holliday Grainger, star of Lady Chatterley's Lover, Tell it to the Bees and Animals. The first novel from the award-winning, bestselling author of Everything I Know About Love
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