- Title:
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Mrs Death Misses Death
- Written by:
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Salena Godden
- Read by:
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Salena Godden
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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5
- Duration:
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5 hours 58 minutes
- Published:
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January 28 2021
- Available Date:
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January 28 2021
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781867514428
- Genres:
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Fiction; Contemporary Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Canongate audio
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Format
Price
Bolinda price
UK Bestselling author
Debut novel
UK Author
Mrs Death tells her intoxicating story in this life-affirming fire-starter of an audiobook.
Mrs Death has had enough. She is exhausted from spending eternity doing her job and now she seeks someone to unburden her conscience to. Wolf Willeford, a troubled young writer, is well acquainted with death, but until now hadn’t met Death in person – a black, working-class woman who shape-shifts and does her work unseen.
Enthralled by her stories, Wolf becomes Mrs Death’s scribe and begins to write her memoirs. Using their desk as a vessel and conduit, Wolf travels across time and place with Mrs Death to witness deaths of past and present and discuss what the future holds for humanity. As the two reflect on the losses they have experienced – or, in the case of Mrs Death, facilitated – their friendship grows into a surprising affirmation of hope, resilience and love. 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 ...
'Exquisite. A daring, poetic offering that establishes Godden as one of our most exciting voices. I loved it.'
Irenosen Okojie, award-winning author of Butterfly Fish
'Salena Godden's debut novel is timeless, brave and beautiful.'
John Higgs, author of I Have America Surrounded