Under the Whispering Door - TJ Klune - 2021
By: TJ Klune
Narrated by: Kirt Graves
Length: 14 hrs and 54 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 09-21-21
Language: English
Categories: LGBTQ+, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Format: mp3 64/48 stereo
2021 Barnes and Noble Best New Books of the Year
2021 Hudson Booksellers Best of the Year
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.
When a reaper comes to collect Wallace Price from his own funeral, Wallace suspects he really might be dead.
Instead of leading him directly to the afterlife, the reaper takes him to a small village. On the outskirts, off the path through the woods, tucked between mountains, is a particular tea shop, run by a man named Hugo. Hugo is the tea shop's owner to locals and the ferryman to souls who need to cross over.
But Wallace isn't ready to abandon the life he barely lived. With Hugo's help, he finally starts to learn about all the things he missed in life.
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.
By turns heartwarming and heartbreaking, this absorbing tale of grief and hope is told with TJ Klune's signature warmth, humor, and extraordinary empathy.
A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books
©2021 TJ Klune (P)2021 Macmillan Audio
Critic Reviews
New York Times, USA Today, and Indie Best seller
An Indie Next Pick!
“There is so much to enjoy in Under the Whispering Door, but what I cherish the most is its compassion for the little things — a touch, a glance, a precious piece of dialogue — healing me, telling me that for all the strangenesses I hold, I am valued, valid — and maybe even worthy of love.” (Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars)
“A warm hug of a book about a Grinch of a man who dies and a ferryman, who helps the dead in their journey onwards. Under the Whispering Door is a kind book, full of faith in the goodness of people, full of kind people showing how compassion is a strength. It broke my heart with its unflinching understanding that grief never goes away, never empties, only settles into the room of your soul like a strange souvenir. And then it healed me in the next breath.” (Cassandra Khaw, author of Nothing But Blackened Teeth)
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