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Issue Details: First known date: 2023... 2023 The Wakes
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'A heartfelt, funny and uplifting debut about two failing marriages, two strangers falling in love, two friends embarking on a catering business - and the four funerals that connect them all 

'This is a story about Clare, Louisa and Chris. And sometimes Paul, and less often, Beth. It is most certainly not about frittatas (a terrible concession), and more to do with lemon tart (a perfect contrast of textures).

'It is about what to do when your husband tells you that he doesn't love you anymore. And what to do when your wife leaves you after too many rounds of IVF. 'It's about helping your new friend with her funeral catering business, and discovering that, sometimes, the most unlikely of pairings are the very, very best. It is about food that is outrageously good and comforting to sad people. And, for once, not being sensible, and throwing away everything you know.

'Catering, like life, doesn't always go according to plan, and as Clare, Louisa and Chris's stories become more intertwined, they will learn that life will always manage to break in to remind you of just how good it can be.

'This is a book about living. After all, the thing about death is that it makes life important.'(Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Hachette Australia , 2023 .
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      Extent: 304p.
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      •  Published March 2023

      ISBN: 9780733648021
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Hachette Australia , 2024 .
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      •  Published March 2024

      ISBN: 9780733648052
Form: audiobook
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Hachette Australia , 2023 .
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      Extent: 8 hrs and 33 minsp.
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      • Published 1 March 2023
      ISBN: 9780733648038
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