St. Martin's Press
May 2023
On Sale: May 9, 2023
Featuring: Clover Brooks
320 pages ISBN: 1250284392 EAN: 9781250284396 Kindle: B0B9KXL4R6 Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
"A beautiful tale of a vulnerable, compassionate woman who finds that, in order to care for others, she must also let herself be cared for." ββKirkusΒ (starred review)
Whatβs the point of giving someone a beautiful death if you canβt give yourself a beautiful life?
From the day she watched her kindergarten teacher drop dead during a dramatic telling ofΒ Peter Rabbit, Clover Brooks has felt a stronger connection with the dying than she has with the living. After the beloved grandfather who raised her dies alone while she is traveling, Clover becomes a death doula in New York City, dedicating her life to ushering people peacefully through their end-of-life process.
Clover spends so much time with the dying that she has no life of her own, until the final wishes of a feisty old woman send Clover on a trip across the country to uncover a forgotten love storyββand perhaps, her own happy ending. As she finds herself struggling to navigate the uncharted roads of romance and friendship, Clover is forced to examine what she really wants, and whether sheβll have the courage to go after it.
Probing, clever, and hopeful,Β The Collected Regrets of CloverΒ is perfect for readers ofΒ The Midnight LibraryΒ andΒ Eleanor Oliphant is Completely FineΒ as it turns the normally taboo subject of death into a reason to celebrate life.