Funeral Songs for Dying Girls

De: Cherie Dimaline

Narrado por: Tara Sky, Jessica Matten

Duración: 8 h y 16 m

Resumen del Editor

After inadvertently starting rumors of a haunted cemetery, a teen befriends a ghost in this brand-new young adult novel exploring grief and belonging by the critically acclaimed and bestselling author of The Marrow Thieves series.

Winifred has lived in the apartment above the cemetery office with her father, who works in the crematorium, all her life, close to her mother's grave. With her sixteenth birthday only days away, Winifred has settled into a lazy summer schedule, lugging her obese Chihuahua around the grounds in a squeaky red wagon to visit the neglected gravesides and nursing a serious crush on her best friend, Jack.

Her habit of wandering the graveyard at all hours has started a rumor that Winterson Cemetery might be haunted. It’s welcome news since the crematorium is on the verge of closure and her father’s job being outsourced. Now that the ghost tours have started, Winifred just might be able to save her father’s job and the only home she’s ever known, not to mention being able to stay close to where her mother is buried. All she has to do is get help from her con-artist cousin to keep up the ruse and somehow manage to stop her father from believing his wife has returned from the grave. But when Phil, an actual ghost of a teen girl who lived and died in the ravine next to the cemetery, starts showing up, Winifred begins to question everything she believes about life, love and death. Especially love.

©2023 Cherie Dimaline (P)2023 Tundra Books

Reseñas de la Crítica

A BookPage Most Anticipated YA Book of 2023

One of Kirkus's Best Teen/YA of 2023

Nominated for the 2023 White Pine Award

"Winifred is an engaging lead with an emotional and fulfilling journey. Artfully melding horror, deadpan humor, and an impossible romance, this well-crafted narrative from Dimaline follows lived-in characters who are tortured by grief. Atmospheric, intimate, and melodic; the rich storytelling sings." —STARRED REVIEW, Kirkus Reviews

"[A] story of healing. Dimaline has created a rich world of complex characters with a narrative that oscillates from love story to suspense-thriller—sometimes within the same chapter—without any tonal whiplash. Funeral Songs for Dying Girls is a complex exploration of grief, family, and love that will appeal to teens and adults alike." —STARRED REVIEW, Quill & Quire

"Contemplative prose excels in its portrayal of a reclusive protagonist longing for connection and overcoming grief while living in a neighborhood that shuns her for perceived shortcomings, presenting a textured narrative about loss and love." —Publishers Weekly

Beautiful

Cherie Dimaline has become one of my favorite writers. This is a beautiful coming of age story - through both its fantastical and terribly human elements. The vividness of her characters spin to life before your eyes - those living, dead, and memories.

Thoroughly Enjoyed!

This coming-of-age story is brilliantly told in a different way than all the others. Cherie Dimeline is a fantastic storyteller!! I only have one complaint about the Audible version -the narration was a bit inconsistent. There were a few repeats/overlaps with words, and having a second narrator was confusing at times. I would recommend the actual book for this one.