Ghosts T.J. Dolly Alderton's debut novel is

Dolly Alderton's debut novel is funny and tender

You don't need to waste time on paperwork or meetings

their narrative strands crash into each other

Some love brushes the surface

Ghosts T.J. Dolly Alderton's debut novel isNina Dean has arrived at her early thirties as a successful food writer with loving friends and family, plus a new home and neighbourhood. When she meets Max, a beguiling romantic hero who tells her on date one that he's going to marry her, it feels like all is going to plan. A new relationship couldn't have come at a better time her thirties have not been the liberating, uncomplicated experience she was sold. Everywhere she turns, she is reminded of