Emily Austin s darkly comic debut novel features Gilda, a twenty-something atheist lesbian living in a state of constant, paralyzing existential dread. Seeking free mental health counseling at a local Catholic parish, a series of awkward misunderstandings results in Gilda accidentally being hired as the church s new receptionist. To keep the job, she must frantically memorize the customs of the Catholic Mass while aggressively hiding her atheism and her new relationship with her girlfriend. When she begins impersonating the church’s recently deceased former receptionist over email to spare an elderly woman’s grief, Gilda spirals into a bizarre web of deception and amateur detective work. The novel is a brilliant, empathetic look at the intersections of acute anxiety, queerness, and the human search for meaning.
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| Title: Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead |
| Author: Emily Austin |
| ISBN: 9781980000000 |
| Subtitle: A Novel |
| Genre: Fiction |
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| Publication Date: 44383 |
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| Publisher: Simon & Schuster |
| Language: English |
| Format: Hardcover |
| Pages: 256 |
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| Book_ID: 106908 |