Alison Green's 2019 Recommendations - hosted by ms_gouldbourne

Late in the Day by Tessa Hadley
Two close-knit married couples unravel when one of the husbands dies unexpectedly. That sounds horribly depressing but somehow it’s not? The Washington Post called it “romantic comedy pulled by a hearse” and said, “The whole grief-steeped story should be as fun as a dirge, but instead it feels effervescent — lit not with mockery but with the energy of Hadley’s attention, her sensitivity to the abiding comedy of human desire.” 
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288 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

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