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I Love You Don't Die

Jade Song · Literary Fiction

39 Pulse Score

Based on recommendations from independent creators

coming of agetrauma recoveryfound family
coming of age
🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit

#345 All Time

About this book

Acclaimed author of CHLORINE, Jade Song, returns with her latest novel, a literary exploration of the Gen Z condition, I LOVE YOU DON'T DIE - a lyrical, poignant, and heartfelt novel about the meaning of love, friendship, debt, depression and death in New York City. Vicky has been obsessed with death for as long as she can remember. From living above a Chinatown funeral parlour to working at a celebrity start-up for bespoke urns, she has surrounded herself with it - right down to the collection of zhizha paper creations meant to be burned for the dead, that fill her apartment. Yet, though living in Manhattan and working her dream job is all she ever wanted, she still struggles to form genuine connections and find meaning in her life outside of her best (and only) friend, Jen. That changes when a dating app leads her into a throuple with a couple who offer exactly the kind of love she needs. And for some time, it's perfect. But as her doubts grow Vicky must decide whether try and hold o

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