6/30/2023 0 Comments Ghosts by dolly alderton review![]() ![]() There's no solace to be found in her family, with a mum who's caught in a baffling mid-life makeover and a beloved dad who is vanishing in slow-motion into dementia.ĭolly Alderton's debut novel is funny and tender, filled with whip-smart observations about relationships, family, memory, and how we live now.ĭolly Alderton's talent is phenomenal' Elizabeth Day 'Smart, caustically witty and achingly sad' Sunday Mirror 'A fascinating, perceptive look at what it means to be a thirty-something woman. ![]() In terms of journalistic work, Alderton has written for the likes of The Telegraph, GQ, Red, and Marie Claire. Friendships are fading, ex-boyfriends are moving on and, worse, everyone's moving to the suburbs. Dolly is an award-winning journalist, as well as being the host of a podcast series called ‘The High Low,’ in which Alderton interviews guests regarding some of their most important and defining relationships. A new relationship couldn't have come at a better time - her thirties have not been the liberating, uncomplicated experience she was sold.Įverywhere she turns, she is reminded of time passing and opportunities dwindling. Alderton’s humorous skewering of dating apps surely makes Ghosts the most culturally relevant novel of 2014, a finger-on-the-pulse account of modern dating from someone who just discovered the I’m in my mum’s car vine. ![]() 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. Ghosts, by Dolly Alderton (paperback 2021) £9.99 Nina Dean has arrived at her early thirties as a successful food writer with loving friends and family, plus a new home and neighbourhood. ![]()
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