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Cool Side of the Pillow, Gill McKnight, Bold Strokes Books, 2011.

“‘Til Death Us Do Part…sometimes.

Clara Dearheart works in a funeral parlor and talks to her dead clients. Her friends and family have watched her suffer after the loss of her partner and urge her to move on, but all Clara wants is to stand still.

Bebe Franklin writes terrible soap episodes and needs a career change. Her boss hates her; her friends are sharp as knives; all Bebe wants to do is run. And she does—straight into Clara’s calm, ordered, and extraordinary life. For Clara can see ghosts and waits for her dead lover. How can Bebe compete with a love that transcends death, a love that knows no rest? A love that haunts all it touches.”

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