Mrs Death Misses Death

Mrs Death Misses Death

2021 • 302 pages

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE Mrs Death tells her intoxicating story in this life-affirming fire-starter of a novel Mrs Death has had enough. She is exhausted by her job and now seeks someone to unburden her conscience to. She meets Wolf, a troubled young writer, who – enthralled by her stories – begins to write Mrs Death’s memoirs. As the two reflect on the losses they have experienced (or facilitated), their friendship flourishes. All the while, despite her world-weariness, Death must continue to hold humans’ fates in her hands, appearing in our lives when we least expect her . . .


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April 17, 2021

I completely understand the literary merit of this book. It is beautifully written, confronting and sad. Too sad and too confronting for me I'm afraid. I'm also not a huge fan of poetry - and there is A LOT of that in this book.

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