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'Part ghost story, part Jewish family epic, and part romance, RULES FOR GHOSTING is a meditation on life, death, and healing that is at turns bitingly funny and deeply moving' - Anita Kelly

Rule #1: They can't speak. | Rule #2: They can't move. | Rule #3: They can't hurt you.

Ezra Friedman can see ghosts - which made growing up in a funeral home complicated, especially with his grandfather's ghost giving disapproving looks at every choice he makes from his taste in boyfriends to his HRT-induced second puberty. It's no wonder that since moving out, he's stayed as far away from the family business as possible.

But when dream job disappears and his mother uses Passover seder to tell everyone she's running away with the rabbi's wife, Ezra finds himself back in the thick of it at the funeral home.

Having agreed to help out, Ezra must face not only his loved ones, but also his crush on Jonathan - the handsome funeral home volunteer who also happens to be his new neighbour - and Johnathan's ghostly relative, who is breaking every spectral rule Ezra knows.

As he tries to keep his family together and his heart from getting broken, Ezra will soon realise there's more than one way to be haunted...

©2024 Shelly Jay Shore (P)2024 Orion Publishing Group Limited
Contemporary Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction Romance Haunted Ghost Funny Heartfelt
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There's so much to call out that I loved in this book. The Jewish family dynamics were great, so we're the family and sibling dynamics, and the main character's queer shame and lack of confidence was relatable. It's more a family drama than a ghost story in that the ghosts that haunt are both literal and metaphorical. Very well written and great narration too!

Loved it, from start to finish

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