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*FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF CALLING MAJOR TOM*

''I loved it!'' - Joanne Harris, Sunday Times bestselling author of Chocolat

''I loved it. Nostalgic without being saccharine, hopeful, real characters with edge. A brilliant book.'' - Hayley Webster

''I adored it! Truly uplifting. Exactly what people want and need to read right now.'' - Daisy Buchanan

For elderly churchwarden Arthur Calderbank, there''s no place like home. His home just so happens to be a graveyard.

He keeps himself to himself, gets on with his job, and visits his wife everyday for a chat. When one day he finds someone else has been to see his wife - and has left flowers on her grave - he is determined to solve the mystery of who and why. He receives unlikely help from a group of teenage girls as he searches for answers, and soon learns that there is more to life than being surrounded by death.
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I loved it. Nostalgic without being saccharine, hopeful, real characters with edge. A brilliant book. -- Hayley Webster
I adored it! Truly uplifting. Exactly what people want and need to read right now. -- Daisy Buchanan
I loved it! * Joanna Harris *

Things Can Only Get Better

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    A Paperback / softback by David M. Barnett

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      Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 14/11/2019
      ISBN13: 9781409185161, 978-1409185161
      ISBN10: 1409185168

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      *FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF CALLING MAJOR TOM*

      ''I loved it!'' - Joanne Harris, Sunday Times bestselling author of Chocolat

      ''I loved it. Nostalgic without being saccharine, hopeful, real characters with edge. A brilliant book.'' - Hayley Webster

      ''I adored it! Truly uplifting. Exactly what people want and need to read right now.'' - Daisy Buchanan

      For elderly churchwarden Arthur Calderbank, there''s no place like home. His home just so happens to be a graveyard.

      He keeps himself to himself, gets on with his job, and visits his wife everyday for a chat. When one day he finds someone else has been to see his wife - and has left flowers on her grave - he is determined to solve the mystery of who and why. He receives unlikely help from a group of teenage girls as he searches for answers, and soon learns that there is more to life than being surrounded by death.
      Trade Review
      I loved it. Nostalgic without being saccharine, hopeful, real characters with edge. A brilliant book. -- Hayley Webster
      I adored it! Truly uplifting. Exactly what people want and need to read right now. -- Daisy Buchanan
      I loved it! * Joanna Harris *

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