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Nearly Departed - A feel-good funny love story about grief ghosts and having a second shot at finding your soul mate - cover

Nearly Departed - A feel-good funny love story about grief ghosts and having a second shot at finding your soul mate

Lucas Oakeley

Publisher: Bedford Square Publishers

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Summary

'Witty, moving and eminently readable, Nearly Departed is the millennial Truly Madly Deeply we've all been waiting for' Mike Gayle
'A sweet, sometimes spiky rom-com that takes in the stickiness and complexity of grief'The Times
'Wonderfully readable: tender, funny, and quietly profound'Service95
LOVE READING Romance Book of the Month
Joel Foster is a hapless twenty-something. His girlfriend, Beth Lewis, would likely have been a hapless twenty-something, too, had she not been obliterated by a very large cement truck. Some time after Beth's tragic death, Joel is still trying to juggle grief with the world of modern dating. And while he still feels like a widower, he has to find a new love before three years is up.
The catch? Just as Joel thinks he's finally falling for someone, he starts getting haunted by Beth.
It's not a ghost story, it's a love story. With ghosts.
Available since: 08/14/2025.
Print length: 384 pages.

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