Ghosts: A Novel

"Dolly Alderton’s Ghosts is something of a wolf in sheep’s clothing. It presents itself as a rom-com, the story of 30-something Londoner Nina Dean, who meets a man on a dating app, falls hard for him and thinks things are perfect – until he ghosts her. But it quickly becomes clear that Nina’s other evolving relationships, with her aging parents and a group of friends at different inflection points in their own lives, are the real heart of the story. Ghosts is both a sharp, funny tale about a particularly 21st-century form of heartbreak, and a poignant and insightful look at the different ways people leave us – some with a quick left swipe and others in incremental steps over the course of years."