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Desperate Housewives meets Six Feet Under in this brilliantly moving and darkly comic novel, which charts the attempts of dying heroine Delia – a modern day Mrs Beeton – to prepare her family for the future and lay to rest a ghost from her past.



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‘Darkly comic novel with a tone that is Desperate Housewives meets Six Feet Under…this is caustic and hilarious, as well as heart-warming. A clever read that stays with you for a long time' Red

'Adelaide's moving novel captures both the hope and sadness of Delia's plight' Daily Mail

'A novel about loving and grieving…filled with humour, warmth and sadness – just like life' Good Reading

‘I found this novel entrancing. The Household guide to Dying is a joyous, irreverent romp of a book that resonates deep inside long after you finish. Delia's magical, crystalline voice made me fervently wish that she was real and that I knew her.’ PATRICIA WOOD, Lottery

THE HOUSEHOLD GUIDE TO DYING

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      Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/5/2009 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780007281114, 978-0007281114
      ISBN10: 0007281110

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Desperate Housewives meets Six Feet Under in this brilliantly moving and darkly comic novel, which charts the attempts of dying heroine Delia – a modern day Mrs Beeton – to prepare her family for the future and lay to rest a ghost from her past.



      Trade Review

      ‘Darkly comic novel with a tone that is Desperate Housewives meets Six Feet Under…this is caustic and hilarious, as well as heart-warming. A clever read that stays with you for a long time' Red

      'Adelaide's moving novel captures both the hope and sadness of Delia's plight' Daily Mail

      'A novel about loving and grieving…filled with humour, warmth and sadness – just like life' Good Reading

      ‘I found this novel entrancing. The Household guide to Dying is a joyous, irreverent romp of a book that resonates deep inside long after you finish. Delia's magical, crystalline voice made me fervently wish that she was real and that I knew her.’ PATRICIA WOOD, Lottery

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