![]() ![]() When the Manager, a curious and powerful being, arrives at the tea shop and gives Wallace one week to cross over, Wallace sets about living a lifetime in seven days.īy turns heartwarming and heartbreaking, this absorbing tale of grief and hope is told with TJ Klune’s signature warmth, humor, and extraordinary empathy. ![]() ![]() ![]() With Hugo’s help, he finally starts to learn about all the things he missed in life. Hugo is the tea shop’s owner to locals and the ferryman to souls who need to cross over.īut Wallace isn’t ready to abandon the life he barely lived. On the outskirts, off the path through the woods, tucked between mountains, is a particular tea shop, run by a man named Hugo. 'Graves matches his narrative pace to the measured unwinding of the story's layers, focused but unhurried, in the same way that Hugo brews his therapeutic cups of tea. Instead of leading him directly to the afterlife, the reaper takes him to a small village. Hilarious, haunting, and kind, Under the Whispering Door is an uplifting story about a life spent at the office and a death spent building a home. When a reaper comes to collect Wallace Price from his own funeral, Wallace suspects he really might be dead. Under the Whispering Door is a contemporary fantasy with TJ Klune’s signature “quirk and charm” ( PW ) about a ghost who refuses to cross over and the ferryman he falls in love with. ![]()
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