Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead (A Novel)

BOOK SUMMARY

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.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Emily Austin is the author of We Could Be Rats, Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead, Interesting Facts About Space, and the poetry collection Gay Girl Prayers. She was born in Ontario, Canada, and received two writing grants from the Canadian Council for the Arts. She studied English literature and library science at Western University. She currently lives in Ottawa, in the territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation.

PRAISE

"The perfect blend of macabre and funny." — Buzzfeed

"Hilarious, relatable, exasperating, and endearing. For all readers of fiction." — Library Journal

"Exuberant.... a brisk story underpinned by a vibrant cast." — Publishers Weekly

PRODUCT INFORMATION

Trade Paperback
256 Pages
Fiction
8.3 in H | 5.3 in W | 0.6 in T | 0.4 lb