Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead
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Emily Austin
In this “fun, page-turner of a novel” (Sarah Haywood, New York Times bestselling author) that’s perfect for fans of Mostly Dead Things and Goodbye, Vitamin, a morbidly anxious young woman stumbles into a job as a receptionist at a Catholic church and soon finds herself obsessed with her predecessor’s mysterious death. Gilda, a twenty-something, atheist, animal-loving lesbian, cannot stop ruminating about death. Desperate for relief from her panicky mind and alienated from her repressive family, she responds to a flyer for free therapy at a local Catholic church, and finds herself being greeted by Father Jeff, who assumes she’s there for a job interview. Too embarrassed to correct him, Gilda is abruptly hired to replace the recently deceased receptionist Grace. In between trying to memorize the lines to Catholic mass, hiding the fact that she has a new girlfriend, and erecting a dirty dish tower in her crumbling apartment, Gilda strikes up an email correspondence with Grace’s old friend. She can’t bear to ignore the kindly old woman who has been trying to reach her friend through the church inbox, but she also can’t bring herself to break the bad news. Desperate, she begins impersonating Grace via email. But when the police discover suspicious circumstances surrounding Grace’s death, Gilda may have to finally reveal the truth of her mortifying existence. With a “kindhearted heroine we all need right now” (Courtney Maum, New York Times bestselling author), Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead is a crackling and “delightfully weird reminder that we will one day turn to dust and that yes, this is depressing, but it’s also what makes life beautiful” (Jean Kyoung Frazier, author of Pizza Girl).
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Author
Emily Austin
Pages
256
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Published Date
2021-07-06
ISBN
1982167378 9781982167370
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"This was not great nor bad, it just was. What it was though that I don’t have an answer to. Books like this one make me realize over and over that I’m not a critical analyzer of stories or how they’re written. This may be triggering to some, as it is HEAVY on suicidal ideations, assisted suicide and death. Gilda, the MC, is great representation on what it means to have severe anxiety and depression and how one navigates the world when no one else seems to understand. I read to escape this world and this book kept me firmly grounded here, so I didn’t enjoy it as much. However Emily Austin did a great job, Gilda is witty and funny and frankly honest about her intrusive thoughts, the anxiety in wanting to make everyone else happy and the depression that she can’t seem to shake or explain. "
"A super quirky story of a girl who is vastly misunderstood and has intrusive thoughts that cause a lot of problems. Strangely enough, I related to a lot of her situations and thought I may be somewhat bizarre as well. Super funny read."
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Brittany F
"Such an amazing book. This is the best and most accurate representation of mental illness that I’ve read to date. The spiraling thoughts, the imposter syndrome, and the desperation to just feel “normal” or like the others around you was insanely accurate and made me feel like I wasn’t alone. This is such a moving, hard to read (in a good way), and honest book. I believe this is an incredibly important work as it will help others to realize they are not alone or weird for feeling and thinking the way they do. Also, it is a good resource for those without mental illness as well as it gives deeper insight into why a person may act and appear they way they do when at war with their own mind. Highly recommend."
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Cailin Zoltak
"I loved this read! I read it cover to cover in one night because it was so good. The characters were so relatable (almost too relatable) and the queer representation is so real. The whole time I was reading it I kept thinking about Phoebe Bridgers and how much her music fits the vibe of this book. Then in the author's note I saw that she's a fan of Phoebe's song Funeral. It made so much sense! If you love phoebe bridgers, have anxiety, are in your 20s, or are gay (or all the above like me) then you'll love this book! #phoebebridgers #mentalhealth #darkhumor "