About the Book
The razor-sharp debut novel by the Sunday Times bestselling author of Everything I Know About Love
32-year-old Nina Dean is a successful food writer with a loyal online following, but a life that is falling apart. When she uses dating apps for the first time, she becomes a victim of ghosting, and by the most beguiling of men. Her beloved dad is vanishing in slow motion into dementia, and she's starting to think about ageing and the gendered double-standard of the biological clock. On top of this she has to deal with her mother's desire for a mid-life makeover and the fact that all her friends seem to be slipping away from her . . .
Dolly Alderton's debut novel is funny, tender and painfully relatable, filled with whip-smart observations about relationships and the way we live today.
About the Author :
Dolly Alderton is an award-winning author and journalist based in London. She is a columnist for The Sunday Times Style and has also written for GQ, Red, Marie Claire and Grazia. She is the former co-host and co-creator of weekly pop culture and current affairs podcast The High Low. Her first book, Everything I Know About Love, became a top five Sunday Times bestseller in its first week of publication and won a National Book Award (UK) for Autobiography of the Year. Ghosts is her first novel.
Review :
Witty, touching without ever being sentimental, hugely enjoyable
It's incredibly moving. The idea of believing in everything and nothing in the same moment. The female friendships were beautifully drawn
Ghosts is wonderful. Funny, sharply observed, poignant, and full of truths about life and love and friendship.
This debut novel is a tender, effervescent and deliciously well-observed guide to the complexities of thirty-something life
Ghosts is an absolute knock-out. Wickedly funny and, at turns, both cynical and sincere, Dolly Alderton's voice feels like your very favourite friend. I devoured it
A sharp-eyed debut . . . Tests the boundaries of what used to be called chick-lit
There are sharply skewered set pieces, but also tender observations . . . a promising, deftly written, often entertaining and poignant debut novel
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
I absolutely adored it. So clever and funny and such a treat. The pages really did turn themselves
A stunning achievement: I was laughing out loud, doing my best a few minutes later not to burst into tears and then angry that it had all come to an end. So moving, so funny, so beautifully written and so poignant. Brilliant
Utter BRILLIANCE. Dolly is such an insightful commentator on love, longing, friendship and emotional landscapes. I absolutely LOVED it!
Dolly Alderton's writing is incredibly intimate, tender, and observant. Ghosts is a fantastic novel about friendship, family, and love
I loved it - Dolly Alderton has clearly mastered every form of writing. Which is a surprise to nobody
This is a lovely, funny, modern comedy of manners. It's shrewd and sharp
I love this book. It is wise, funny, tender and true, sharply-observed and utterly hilarious. Alderton's gift is always to give the mundane its beautiful due and in Ghosts, she manages to write a compulsively readable novel. Dolly Alderton's talent is phenomenal
I loved it. Had me howling with laughter and recognition!
You know a book has hit the spot when you've decided before finishing which friend you're going to pass it to. The writer's skill at dissecting love and relationships translates seamlessly into fiction
This brilliantly observed novel will make you nod, laugh and cry in recognition
Such clever writing, wonderfully funny; fab characters and delightful details. Divine
If you've ever been disappointed by a man it will vindicate every mixed-up emotion you've ever had about it
Hilariously cutting, but also sad and insightful. Reading Dolly's writing is like having one of those glorious girls night in, where you drink till the early hours - laughing, venting, and feeling warm and seen
Whip-smart . . . a heartwarming tale of family and friendship
So brilliantly perceptive, packed with pin-sharp observations on every page. Dolly is such a fantastic writer
Witty, tender, big-hearted
A few years ago, Alderton seamlessly taped into our psyches with her 2018 memoir Everything I Know About Love. Now she's back with that same signature wit and blistering honesty in her debut novel, Ghosts
Alderton masterfully exposes the hideous reality of dating in your 30s and how unfair it can be on women who enter the fray in honesty and hope. Hugely emotionally intelligent and often very funny. I adored it
A fascinating, perceptive look at what it means to be a thirty-something woman right here, right now . . . Sharply observed, sometimes tender, sometimes tart, Ghosts will resonate with so many women
Dolly sums up life in your thirties with such wit, warmth and accuracy, you won't want it to end
Alderton balances heartrending emotion with keen-eyed satire, displaying a flair for metaphor and comic set pieces
Funny and insightful, it's a brilliant look at the way we can be haunted by doubts, memories and home
Alderton has a talent for believability, realism and the knack to reach into the pages and pull out the characters onto the sofa next to you. Topical, relevant with a touch of tender humour
As warm-hearted, wise and observant as her bestseller Everything I Know About Love. In this heartfelt, funny and insightful tale, Alderton cleverly explores the way memories, doubts and home can haunt us
Alderton explores the ideas of relationships, friendships, love, memory and the way in which we live in a beautifully written and poignantly powerful novel
Stuffed full of insights and adroit observations . . . a masterpiece of modern manners. Alderton's life-enriching social anthropology will be the antidote for flagging spirits in the next lockdown' Spectator
Achingly relatable. A darkly funny-melancholic novel about the rich variety of relationships in our lives - and the importance of showing up for them
This modern love story has lashings of arch humour and gentle wisdom, and slides down as pleasingly as a slice of cake and a nice cuppa
Explores the ideas of relationships, friendships, love, memory and the way in which we live in a beautifully written and poignantly powerful novel
If you need a good rom-com escape, Dolly Alderton more than delivers in Ghosts. . . it's darker than Everything I Know About Love - but just as fantastically relatable
Smart, caustically witty and achingly sad
As warm-hearted, wise and observant as her bestseller Everything I Know About Love. In this heartfelt, funny and insightful tale, Alderton cleverly explores the way memories, doubts and home can haunt us
A book so relatable you'll give yourself neck ache nodding in recognition
Ghosts is a scream. It's snappy, contemporary, original
Bittersweet, funny and occasionally gut-wrenching, it's a celebration of the most important relationships in our lives - and an exploration of what it means to be an independent adult when you just want to be taken care of. The perfect read for a cosy autumn weekend
Achingly relatable. A darkly funny-melancholic novel about the rich variety of relationships in our lives - and the importance of showing up for them
