Ghosts

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, FROM THE AUTHOR OF EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT LOVE

'Utter BRILLIANCE . . . I absolutely LOVED it!'MARIAN KEYES

'An absolute knock-out… Dolly’s voice feels like your very favourite friend’ TAYLOR-JENKINS-REID

'Witty, touching without ever being sentimental ... Hugely enjoyable' DAVID NICHOLLS
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He said ‘I love you’. And then he disappeared.

Things that are going right for Nina Dean:

1. She’s found her dream job.
   
   She finally has her own home.
   
   She’s met Max, a beguiling romantic hero who has swept her off her feet.

Things that are going wrong for Nina Dean:

1. She has the neighbour from hell.
   
   Her friendships are fracturing, and so is her parents’ marriage.
   
   She hasn’t seen or heard from Max for weeks.

Just as everything ought to be falling into place, it’s all falling apart instead. Nina’s beloved dad’s memory is slipping away from him, and her mum is caught in a baffling mid-life glow-up. Her friends are becoming strangers and her exes are moving on. Everywhere she turns, she’s reminded of time passing.

The last thing she needs is another ghost.

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE COMEDY WOMEN IN PRINT PRIZE

'A book so relatable you'll give yourself neck ache nodding in recognition' GRAZIA

'Bittersweet, funny, and occasionally gut-wrenching’ STYLIST

Sunday Times bestselling author, January 2024

Genre: General Fiction

"A wonderful writer, who will surely inspire a generation the way that Caitlin Moran did before her." - Julie Burchill

"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 about modern dating that also examines the stories we tell ourselves about home, identity and gender. Like all the best writers, she wears her talent lightly, but be in no doubt: Dolly Alderton's talent is phenomenal." - Elizabeth Day

"I loved it so much, I wanted it to go on forever, Dolly Alderton is so gifted at making people care. A rare talent." - Marian Keyes