{"product_id":"9781835012949","title":"Nearly Departed : A feel-good, funny love story about grief, ghosts, and having a second shot at finding your soul mate","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Oakeley, Lucas \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 14 August 2025 by Bedford Square Publishers in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 320 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 129 x 27 | 250g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Witty, moving and eminently readable, Nearly Departed is the millennial Truly Madly Deeply we’ve all been waiting for' Mike Gayle'A sweet, sometimes spiky rom-com that takes in the stickiness and complexity of grief' The Times'Wonderfully readable: tender, funny, and quietly profound' Service95LOVE READING Romance Book of the MonthJoel Foster is a hapless twenty-something. His girlfriend, Beth Lewis, would likely have been a hapless twenty-something, too, had she not been obliterated by a very large cement truck. Some time after Beth’s tragic death, Joel is still trying to juggle grief with the world of modern dating. And while he still feels like a widower, he has to find a new love before three years is up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe catch? Just as Joel thinks he’s finally falling for someone, he starts getting haunted by Beth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt’s not a ghost story, it’s a love story. With ghosts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Mold","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55358035722616,"sku":"9781835012949","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0277\/7802\/3522\/files\/9781835012949_c309a42f-73a4-4091-b5e9-3c72cea21c25.jpg?v=1773926077","url":"https:\/\/www.mold-bookshop.live\/products\/9781835012949","provider":"The Bookshop. Mold.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}