Nearly Departed
A feel-good, funny love story about grief, ghosts, and having a second shot at finding your soul mate
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bedford Square Publishers
Published:14th Aug '25
Should be back in stock very soon
'Witty, moving and eminently readable, Nearly Departed is the millennial Truly Madly Deeply we’ve all been waiting for' Mike Gayle
'A sweet, sometimes spiky rom-com that takes in the stickiness and complexity of grief'The Times
LOVE READING Romance Book of the Month
Joel Foster is a hapless twenty-something. His girlfriend, Beth Lewis, would likely have been a hapless twenty-something, too, had she not been obliterated by a very large cement truck. Some time after Beth’s tragic death, Joel is still trying to juggle grief with the world of modern dating. And while he still feels like a widower, he has to find a new love before three years is up.
The catch? Just as Joel thinks he’s finally falling for someone, he starts getting haunted by Beth.
It’s not a ghost story, it’s a love story. With ghosts.
'This brilliant book is so perceptive about dating and yearning and falling in and out of love in your late twenties. It’s also a very, very funny novel about death, which isn’t an easy feat'. Bobby Palmer
'Witty, moving and eminently readable, Nearly Departed is the millennial Truly Madly Deeply we’ve all been waiting for'. Mike Gayle
'Utterly charming and hilarious' Jack Rooke
'Hilarious and heartbreaking in equal measure, Nearly Departed is charming, gripping and seamless. A pitch-perfect and wildly original London rom-com in the vein of David Nicholls, Dolly Alderton and Richard Curtis: I couldn't get enough' Francesca Reece
'A sweet, sometimes spiky rom-com that takes in the stickiness and complexity of grief... Joel is an appealingly haphazard, relatably confused protagonist, trying his best to deal with life kicking him in the shins — and his dead ex offering him dating advice... some wise words along the way' The Times
'Lucas Oakeley's debut novel is a sweet, sometimes spiky rom-com that takes in the stickiness and complexity of grief, and how to cope with the surprisingly solid manifestation of your lover' Sunday Times
ISBN: 9781835012949
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320 pages