Service95 Recommends is the home of the books we love and reviews from our contributors. Nearly Departed by Lucas Oakeley is not a ghost story, it’s a love story. With ghosts.
What We Say: “Lucas Oakeley’s debut novel is just as witty, moving and relatable as his day-job writing. It’s a romcom with a twist, following twenty-something Joel as his world is upended by the sudden death of the woman he thought he’d spend the rest of his life with. As Joel navigates grief and begins to piece himself back together, Beth, the love of his life, returns… but this time, as a ghost. It’s wonderfully readable: tender, funny, and quietly profound. I devoured it on a flight to and from New York City.” – Pia Brynteson
What They Say: “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
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Pia Brynteson is Content Editor at Service95
