Clover is a Death Doula - she helps people face up to their impending death and is there for them when they die. Why? Her parents died when she was six and she lived with her elderly academic grandfather in a New York apartment. Now alone as her grandfather has died, Clover has to face up to her regrets and take a leap of faith into a world of emotion.
Clover is a fan of RomComs and this book reads like one of them! There are several unanswered questions ( how does she pay her bills? How much does a Death Doula earn? …) but the book is ultimately uplifting and life-affirming with all of the loose ends tied up in a nice big bow at the end.

Although the primary theme is death and grief this is actually very heartwarming and uplifting. With a socially awkward main character in Clover who works as a death doula and has been present at almost 100 deaths having witnessed her first death at just five years old when her teacher died and then shortly after her own life was impacted by the death of her parents leaving her grandfather to care for her. There’s some lovely characters in here including the memorable eponymous Clover and the storyline is very thoughtful and gentle. It’s very good about getting you thinking about death and how it can be dealt with positively and is very well considered.

This is easily one of the best books I've read in 2022! I will definitely be purchasing a copy when it is released for publication in 2023.

Clover has experienced a lot of death in her almost four decades of life. She lost her parents as a young child, held the hand of her teacher whilst he passed and unexpectedly lost the beloved grandfather who raised her. Now, as a death doula, she is nearing 100 moments in which she has witnessed the reality of death first hand.

When Clover takes on a new client in Claudia, a wealthy woman from the Upper West side who lives with significant regret, she is forced to evaluate her own life and wonder; has she been truly living? Or simply existing...

It is hard for me to quantify what I'm feeling after finishing this emotional story. Yes, it deals with the topic of death head on but it is not morbid or macabre. Instead, we are privvy to Clover's long standing grief and the protective mechanisms she has erected to keep herself safe. In the same way, the honesty we see from Claudia in her last week's alive and in the exerpts of experiences from Clover's past clients, feel like we are truly witnessing the most intimate moments of one's life and death.

I feel that this story provided a significant back story, which was definitely needed, but which didn't feel heavy or hard to process.
The ending especially was quite poignant and I felt that all of the varying storylines tied together really well.

I loved this book and believe that the Author and publishing team have done a brilliant job.
I'll be recommending this on!