Cleo Dang Would Rather Be Dead

Name: Cleo Dang Would Rather Be Dead
Author: Mai Nguyen
ISBN: 9781668080863

Mai Nguyen

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#7948 of 8,085 books · #3060 in Fiction

Longlisted for the Giller Prize (2026).

All Cleo Dang has ever wanted was to be a mother. The day she discovers she's pregnant is the happiest of her life, especially when she learns that her best friend, Paloma, is also expecting. It's a wonderful surprise and together, they enjoy their pregnancies. But when they both go to the hospital in labor, something goes very, very wrong. Paloma comes home with a baby. Cleo does not. Now a grieving Cleo must navigate life after losing her baby. She alienates herself from the world, especially her best friend who is living the life she so desperately wanted. Forced to quit her demanding job as an actuary, Cleo manages to find a job at a funeral home where she meets a revolving door of bereaved locals and discovers the power of confronting grief.

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