INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLERAn NPR 2025 Books We LoveUSA Today April PickAn Indie Next & LibraryReads Pick2026 Gotham Book Prize FinalistWinner of the AudioFiles Earphones Award2026 Lariat Adult Fiction Reading List Pick"Razorsharp, darkly comedic, and emotionally piercing. With the satirical bite of Richard Russos Straight Man, the introspection of Fredrik Backmans A Man Called Ove, and the reinvention of Andrew Sean Greers Less, Kenneys vivid prose transforms the mundane into unexpected hilarity."Booklist (starred review)Obituary writer Bud Stanley isnt really living his best life. Hes fallen into a funk after a divorce. (She left him for another man, who, in fairness, was far more interesting.) Hes not doing his job well. Hes given up on dating. And hes about to be fired for accidentally publishing his own obituary one mildly drunken night (though technically the company cant legally fire a dead person).As Bud awaits his fate at work, he does the only logical thing He goes to the wakes and funerals of total strangers to learn how to live again.

Binding: Paperback;306 pages; Publisher: Zibby Books; Classification: FA; Weight: 500 g; Dimensions: 210 x 140 x 21

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