Life and other Happy Endings

Oct 8, 2024 8:31 PM

Author:Melanie Cantor,Rebecca Lacey

Brought to you by Penguin.

Three letters. Two mistakes. One Last chance.

When Jennifer Cole is told she has three months to live she decides to write three letters sharing the desires, fears and frustrations she has always kept to herself. And at first she finds that telling the truth makes her feel free and liberated.

But three months later, Jennifer's secrets are alive and out in the world . . . and so is she. As she discovers, sometimes the truth has a way of surprising you . . .

Life & Other Happy Endings was previously published as Death & Other Happy Endings

'Brilliantly funny and thought-provoking - an absolute joy' Rosie Walsh, author of The Man Who Didn't Call

'I LOVE this book! It is full of heart and hope' Cathy Kelly Cathy Kelly

***** 'Incredibly funny and immensely moving.'

***** 'I couldn't put this book down. Witty, touching and uplifting with a plot full of twists and turns.'

***** 'This book was like a breath of fresh air from start to finish.'

Reviews

Brilliantly funny and thought-provoking--an absolute joy.

—— Rosie Walsh

I LOVE this book! It is full of heart and hope.

—— Cathy Kelly

Quirky, funny and hugely readable, this is a story about the power of friendship and sisterhood, as well as love and loss.

—— Fabulous

This novel is going to provoke the most brilliant conversations around the water coolers!

—— Badass Women, Talk Radio

Without doubt Melanie Cantor’s Death and Other Happy Endings should be at the top of your summer reading list. This book is full of life and hope...A rollicking page turner.

—— Melanie Sykes, BEST Recommended Summer Reads

Filled with warmth and wit. Will make you want to throw on your saved-for-best dress and live your own life to the fullest

—— Heat

A book to cancel plans for - you won't want to put it down

—— Closer

Cantor strikes plenty of witty, hopeful notes

—— Mail on Sunday

Witty and well-crafted

—— Sunday Mirror

Reminds us to live life with no limits

—— Good Housekeeping

A spirited feel-good story that made me smile, and think

—— Fanny Blake

Truly uplifting and joyful.

—— Prima

Filled with warmth and wit. Will make you want to throw on your saved-for-best dress and live your own life to the fullest

—— Lisa Howells , Heat

A book to cancel plans for – you won’t want to put it down.

—— Closer

Cantor strikes plenty of witty, hopeful notes

—— MAIL ON SUNDAY HOT 100 SUMMER BOOKS

Witty and well-crafted.

—— Sunday Mirror

Engaging heroine! ... There's plenty of drama in Melanie Cantor's debut, which reminds us to live life with no limits.

—— Good Housekeeping

Witty, very touching and entirely unexpected

—— Jenny Colgan

A spirited feel-good story that made me smile, and think.
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—— Fanny Blake

I LOVE this book! I read it at high speed. How brilliant to read about a grown-up who is also funny and makes mistakes, in a novel that is full of heart and hope without any stupid bucket lists.

—— Cathy Kelly

Written with energy and sparkle, it is such a clever idea which makes you think.

—— Elizabeth Buchan

Bursting with heart and charm, Cantor serves up a wonderfully warm take on love, loss, and second chances

—— Hannah Orenstein, author of Playing with Matches

Totally wonderful: Funny and heart-warming and insightful about relationships and how people operate. Everybody’s going to be reading it this summer.

—— Melanie Sykes

A brisk, witty tale of saving your life by finding your voice.

—— Kirkus

[An] accomplished debut….Twists push the story in intriguing directions, and the clever, personable voice of Jennifer is like that of a witty friend with a bad news/good news story to tell, resulting in a moving novel with a surprisingly playful edge.

—— Publishers Weekly

This novel is going to provoke the most brilliant conversations around the water coolers!

—— Badass Women, Talk Radio

Brilliantly funny and thought-provoking--an absolute joy.

—— Rosie Walsh, New York Times bestselling author of Ghosted and The Man Who Didn't Call

Without doubt Melanie Cantor’s Death and Other Happy Endings should be at the top of your summer reading list. This book is full of life and hope...A rollicking page turner, it will stay with you long after you’ve closed its beautifully designed covers.

—— Melanie Sykes , BEST: Recommended Summer Reads

So readable - Melanie brings such humour to a usually tragic subject. It gallops along!

—— Jo Good

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