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Would a thumbs-up be inappropriate? He decided against it.

He tried out a reassuring smile, but it didn't seem to help. Andrew couldn't tell if this was down to nerves. He was boyish and spoke with a nervous tremor that was amplified unforgivingly by the echoey church. Unnervingly, the vicar, who was only a few feet away from Andrew, had barely broken eye contact since he'd started the service. Ordinarily, the funeral director would have been there as well, but he had e-mailed earlier to say he was too ill to make it. Besides, it would have been a tricky enough maneuver to get away with in a church full of mourners, but it was nearly impossible when the only other person there apart from him was the vicar.

There was no order of service, but maybe he could check his work phone. If he could just remember the name before the vicar said it, that would be something. He'd been to so many of these funerals it was bound to at some point, but that didn't stop him from feeling an angry stab of self-loathing. It was inevitable, he supposed, that this had happened. He thought he'd narrowed it down to either John or James, but Jake had just made a late bid for consideration. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.Īndrew looked at the coffin and tried to remember who was inside it. For twenty years, Andrew has worked to keep his heart safe, forgetting one important thing: how to live. When new employee Peggy breezes into the office like a breath of fresh air, she makes Andrew feel truly alive for the first time in decades.īut telling Peggy the truth could mean losing everything.

At least, that's what his coworkers believe.Ī misunderstanding has left Andrew trapped in his own white lie and his lonely apartment. Luckily, he goes home to a loving family every night.

Sometimes you need to risk everything.to find your something.įor years he's worked a thankless public health job, searching for the next of kin of those who die alone. "Wryly funny and quirkily charming."-Eleanor Brown, author of The Weird Sisters Smart, darkly funny, and life-affirming, How Not to Die Alone is the bighearted debut novel we all need, for fans of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, it's a story about love, loneliness, and the importance of taking a chance when we feel we have the most to lose.