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A brilliantly moving and darkly comic novel, which charts the attempts of dying heroine Delia — a modern day Mrs Beeton — to prepare her family for the future and lay to rest a ghost from her past. Inspired by her heroine, Isabella Beeton, Delia has made a living writing a series of hugely successful modern household guides, as well as an acerbic domestic advice column. As the book opens, she is not yet forty, but has only a short time to live. She is preoccupied with how to prepare herself and her family for death, from writing exhaustive lists to teaching her young daughters how to make a perfect cup of tea. What she needs, more than anything, is a manual — exactly the kind she is the expert at writing. Realising this could be her greatest achievement (for who could be better equipped to write The Household Guide to Dying?) she sets to work. But, in the writing, Delia is forced to confront the ghosts of her past, and the events of fourteen years previously. There is a journey she needs to make, back to the landscape of her past, and one last vital thing she needs to do.Hugely original, life affirming and humorous, The Household Guide to Dying illuminates love, loss, family and the place we call home.
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sounds like a good book, not the kind of book i would typically read but does sound like something i would enjoy!
This book sounds really interesting and I’m a big fan on dark comedy! Thanks
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You had me at humor— definitely my cup of tea.
The Household Guide to Dying-interesting title
Sounds very interesting. Hard to believe looking at the title that it would have humor. I would love to read it.
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I would love to win this book because it looks like a very heartwarming book.
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What an interesting story line!
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looks like an interesting read
I love dark comedy.
the darker the better
It speaks to me–this is rare–didn’t used to be –lately every book I start I loose interest during the first paragraph.
I have a very different reason for wanting to read this. I have the reputation of laughing while reading murder mysteries. That’s because I try to pick authors with a great sense of humor. I am hoping that is what I would find with this book.
I would like to read this book because everybody needs a little comedy in their lives sometimes. Thank you for having this giveaway.
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This book sounds really good – different from what I usually read, but something I’d like to try
This looks like a funny book…I’m a big fan of dark humor! Thanks