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Perfect for fans of Casey McQuiston, Talia Hibbert and Kristen Arnett, Shelly Jay Shore's warm and witty debut, follows Ezra, an anxious trans man and reluctant clairvoyant who must embrace the gift he long ignored in order to save his messy Jewish family's failing funeral home - and his own chance at a love story.
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...
Author: Shelly Jay Shore
Paperback Published 27 August 2024 400 pages
As unabashedly queer as it is loudly and beautifully Jewish, RULES FOR GHOSTING is one of the most unique, poignant novels I've read in a long, long time. Ezra's journey through self, complicated family dynamics, and opening up to new love was one I'll never forget - Carlyn Greenwald, author of SIZZLE REEL
Fully immersive from the first page, Shore's writing grabbed me by the throat and never let go. Part ghost story, part Jewish family epic, and part romance, RULES FOR GHOSTING is a meditation on life, death, and healing, told through a queer and trans lens that is at turns bitingly funny and deeply moving. Shore is an immense talent. Ezra's world will live in my heart for a long time. - Anita Kelly, author of LOVE AND OTHER DISASTERS
'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