Title:The Next
Author:Stephanie Gangi
Published:October 2016, St. Martin’s Press
Format:Hardcover, 320 pages
Is there a right way to
die? If so, Joanna DeAngelis has it all wrong. She’s consumed by
betrayal, spending her numbered days obsessing over Ned McGowan, her
much younger ex, and watching him thrive in the spotlight with someone
new, while she wastes away. She’s every woman scorned, fantasizing about
revenge … except she’s out of time.Joanna falls from her life,
from the love of her daughters and devoted dog, into an otherworldly
landscape, a bleak infinity she can’t escape until she rises up and
returns and sets it right―makes Ned pay―so she can truly move on.From
the other side into right this minute, Jo embarks on a sexy, spiritual
odyssey. As she travels beyond memory, beyond desire, she is transformed
into a fierce female force of life, determined to know how to die,
happily ever after.
What readers are saying:
“Dripping in psychological genius, this otherworldly novel will leave
you mesmerized and entranced under Gangi’s ghostly spell.” ―POPSUGAR
“This is a title worth silencing your smartphone for.” ―Library Journal
“Good fun, good writing, and strong characters keep this high-wire plot aloft.” ―Kirkus Reviews
“Fast-paced and engrossing.” ―Booklist
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This has an interesting and unique premise.