Rosie Storey

Gebundenes Buch

Dandelion Is Dead

A Novel about Life

Beschreibung

"Dandelion is Dead is breathtakingly original. A brilliant premise, smart, funny and heartbreaking in equal measure. I adored it." --Clare Leslie Hall, New York Times bestselling author of Broken Country Jake has fallen head over heels for Dandelion. The only problem? Dandelion is dead. When Poppy discovers unanswered messages from a charming stranger in her late sister's dating app, she makes an impulsive choice: She'll meet him, just once, on what would have been Dandelion's fortieth birthday. It's exactly the kind of wild adventure her vivacious sister would have pushed her toward. Jake is ready to find something real--and not least because his ex-wife's twentysomething boyfriend has moved into their old family home. When he meets the intriguing woman who calls herself Dandelion, their connection is undeniable, and he can think of little else. As their relationship deepens, Poppy finds herself trapped in a double life she never meant to create. Every moment with Jake feels genuine, electric, and totally right--despite the fact they're tangled in deceit. As the lines between grief and love blur, Poppy faces a choice: keep her sister's memory alive through her lies, or risk everything for a chance at her own happiness? With sparkling wit and aching tenderness, debut author Rosie Storey gives us a modern love story about the courage it takes to live again after loss and finding hope in the most unexpected places.

Autor

Rosie Storey grew up on a farm in the south of England. She left her corporate career to finish her debut novel, Dandelion Is Dead. She holds a master's in creative writing, lives in East London, and works as a writing coach.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 2026
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 165mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 524g
• ISBN-13: 9780593954348
• ISBN-10: 0593954343
• Artikelnr.: 73922328

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'Wildly entertaining and crackling with life. I tore through it; it's as hilarious as it is heartfelt and sharply captures the chaos of grief' Claire Daverley, author of Talking at Night

'Dandelion is Dead is breathtakingly original. A brilliant premise, smart, funny and heartbreaking in equal measure. I adored it' Clare Leslie Hall, author of Broken Country

'Unputdownable... compulsively readable' Cosmopolitan

'Definitely one to watch' Elle

'A book as compulsive as Dandelion Is Dead has no business being this psychologically astute, this emotionally complex, this genuinely hot, nor need it glitter with such elegant prose - without these abundant gifts, you'd still be tearing through the pages to see how

it all ends. But then it wouldn't have been written by Rosie Storey, and it wouldn't be one of the fiction debuts of the year' Emma Forrest, author of Father Figure

'A funny book about grief, an honest book about lying, and a heartbreaking book about finding love, Dandelion is Dead is captivating, generous, and deeply alive' Jenny Jackson, author of Pineapple Street

'Captivating, wise, and messy in the best possible way ... Fans of Dolly Alderton and Nora Ephron will eat this up' Laura Hankin, author of One-Star Romance

'From the first sentence, Dandelion is Dead is magic. Storey's thrilling dialogue and acute observations are punctuated by moments that will crack your heart open. It's dazzlingly funny and devastating and life-affirming. A story about the turbulence of grief, yes, but also an elegy to love in all its forms' Ella Berman, author of Before We Were Innocent

'A blazing firework of a novel ... Tender, wise, and very funny, Storey writes like a lovechild of Nora Ephron and Emily Dickinson. Basically, I'm jealous' Morgan Dick, author of Favourite Daughter

'Deception, death and desireconverge ... this tale of both romantic and sisterly love seamlessly combines humour and heartbreak' People