Emily R. Austin

A BUZZFEED 'HIGHLY ANTICIPATED BOOK' FOR 2021 Meet Gilda. She cannot stop thinking about death. Desperate for relief from her anxious mind and alienated from her repressive family, she responds to a flyer for free therapy at a local church and finds herself abruptly hired to replace the deceased receptionist Grace. It's not the most obvious job - she's queer and an atheist for starters - and so in between trying to learn mass, hiding her new maybe-girlfriend and conducting an amateur investigation into Grace's death, Gilda must avoid revealing the truth of her mortifying existence. A blend of warmth, deadpan humour, and pitch-perfect observations about the human condition, Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead is a crackling exploration of what it takes to stay afloat in a world where your expiration - and the expiration of those you love - is the only certainty.

A collection of poetry reclaiming Catholic prayers and biblical passages to empower girls, women, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community. The extreme level of sass in Emily Austin?s Gay Girl Prayers does not mean that this collection is irreverent. On the contrary, in rewriting Bible verses to affirm and uplift queer, feminist, and trans realities, Austin invites readers into a giddy celebration of difference and a tender appreciation for the lives and perspectives of ?strange women.? Packed with zingy one liners, sexual innuendo, self-respect, U-Hauling, and painfully earnest declarations of love, this is gayness at its best, harnessed to a higher purpose and ready to fight the powers that be.

Enid is obsessed with space. She can tell you all about black holes and their ability to spaghettify you without batting an eye in fear. Her one major phobia? Bald men. But she tries to keep that one under wraps. When she’s not listening to her favorite true crime podcasts on a loop, she’s serially dating a rotation of women from dating apps. At the same time, she’s trying to forge a new relationship with her estranged half-sisters after the death of her absent father. When she unwittingly plunges into her first serious romantic entanglement, Enid starts to believe that someone is following her. As her paranoia spirals out of control, Enid must contend with her mounting suspicion that something is seriously wrong with her. Because at the end of the day there’s only one person she can’t outrun—herself. Brimming with quirky humor, charm, and heart, Interesting Facts about Space effortlessly shows us the power of revealing our secret shames, the most beautifully human parts of us all.

"Hello, my name is Esther. I am calling on behalf of Krippler Incorporated, a market research institute. Today we are conducting a survey on feline diabetes. Do you, or any member of your household, own a cat?" They hang up. "Hello. My name is Joan. I am calling on behalf of—" They hang up. "Hello. My name's Doreen." Jane is a telemarketer. She uses a different name each time, and soon it becomes clear that she is calling the same man again and again. Each call is a new battle between them, with him becoming angrier and more threatening. But Jane isn't calling him at random; Jane has a purpose; and Jane has a past which seems to change each time she tells it. A sharp, funny and dark novel about identity and connection.

Gilda não consegue parar de pensar na morte, imaginando cenários terríveis e improváveis que a deixam de coração aos saltos e com falta de ar. A sua ansiedade é tão grave, que os funcionários das urgências já a conhecem. Desesperada por encontrar algum alívio, dirige-se a uma igreja católica que oferece serviços de psicoterapia, onde é recebida pelo padre Jeff, que depreende que ela está ali para uma entrevista de emprego. Demasiado envergonhada para o corrigir, Gilda confirma e acaba por ser contratada como rececionista, para substituir a antiga funcionária, Grace, uma mulher idosa recentemente falecida. O problema é que Gilda não só não é católica como também é ateia e lésbica. Sentindo que tem de manter as aparências, decide aprender os procedimentos da igreja, enquanto tenta ganhar coragem para lavar a pilha de louça que se acumula no chão da sua casa e convencer a namorada de que, apesar do seu aspeto cada vez mais preocupante, está tudo bem consigo. No decorrer das suas funções, Gilda encontra a correspondência trocada entre Grace e a sua velha amiga Rosemary, mas não tem coragem de lhe dar a má notícia, pelo que começa a fazer-se passar por Grace por e-mail, encontrando algum consolo naquela troca de palavras generosas. Contudo, quando a morte de Grace começa a ser investigada pela polícia, Gilda vê-se obrigada a lidar com as mentiras que contou e que podem revelar a toda a gente a forma como tem verdadeiramente vivido.

Gilda teme a la muerte, lo normal. Solo que también le da miedo seguir viva, y lo que eso supone. Lidiar con una familia excesiva. Pagar facturas. Dar un paso adelante en su relación con Eleanor. Cuando empieza a trabajar de secretaria en la iglesia St. Rigobert (un poco por error), encuentra una nueva perspectiva acerca de la muerte y la supervivencia. Allí conocerá al párroco Jeff, quien llora a escondidas tras cada funeral, al coach motivacional profundamente desmotivado Giuseppe, que la llama todas las noches para pedirle una cita. A una anciana amante de los gatos, con quien intercambia correos. Gente a la que la vida no se le da excesivamente mejor que a ella, y sin embargo sigue intentándolo. Porque vamos a morir todos. Pero no hoy.

A moving story about two very different sisters, and a love letter to childhood, growing up, and the power of imagination—from the bestselling author of Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead and Interesting Facts About Space. Sigrid hates working at the Dollar Pal but having always resisted the idea of growing up into the trappings of adulthood, she did not graduate high school, preferring to roam the streets of her small town with her best friend Greta, the only person in the world who ever understood her. Her older sister Margit is baffled and frustrated by Sigrid’s inability to conform to the expectations of polite society. But Sigrid’s detachment veils a deeper turmoil and sensitivity. She’s haunted by the pains of her past—from pretending her parents were swamp monsters when they shook the floorboards with their violent arguments to grappling with losing Greta’s friendship to the opioid epidemic ravaging their town. As Margit sets out to understand Sigrid and the secrets she has hidden, both sisters, in their own time and way, discover that reigniting their shared childhood imagination is the only way forward. What unfolds is an unforgettable story of two sisters finding their way back to each other, and a celebration of that transcendent, unshakable bond.