Gilda can’t stop thinking about death. So naturally, she gets a job at a Catholic church.
An anxious, atheist lesbian in her twenties, Gilda is just trying to keep it together. When she’s mistaken for a job applicant instead of a therapy patient, she becomes the church’s new receptionist—and inherits the inbox of her recently deceased predecessor, Grace.
Unable to tell Grace’s old friend the truth, Gilda starts replying to her emails, pretending Grace is still alive. But when the police begin investigating Grace’s death, Gilda’s life and lies start to unravel in ways she never imagined.
Emily Austin’s Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead is a darkly funny, tender novel about anxiety, connection, and finding meaning in mortality.
