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The hardest part of death is learning how to live.

The last thing Alice expects to see at her husband's graveside on his birthday is a giant, talking frog. On closer inspection, it's a grown man dressed as Kermit.

Turns out Alice's husband is buried next to Ben's older brother…


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1 author picked Grave Talk as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I chose this book because partly I’ve had a lot of bereavement this year – it’s been a tough year, for sure – and this ‘people dealing with death’ novel jumped out as soon as I read the first line of its blurb. Don’t be fooled – I may have mentioned bereavement and death, but this is, ultimately, a light-hearted and uplifting novel. It’s both funny and sad, but far more funny than sad, what with the man-dressed-as-a-frog-beside-the-grave thing setting the scene for the whole story. It also resonated with my own tendency to make friends with strangers and get…

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