One Day We're All Going to Die
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Elise Esther Hearst
About this listen
SHORTLISTED FOR THE AGE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024
'A tender story about family, love, intergenerational grief, living up to family expectations and making your own way'. Nicole Abadee, Sydney Morning Herald
Sorrow and Bliss meets Normal People in this utterly compelling, darkly humorous millennial coming-of-age novel about a 27-year-old single Jewish woman in Melbourne who must learn to reconcile family expectations, cultural constraints and inter-generational trauma with her own desires. A coruscating new voice.
'A remarkable debut from an enthralling storyteller. I didn't want it to end.' Sarah Krasnostein
At 27, Naomi is just trying to be a normal person. A normal person who works at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, who cares for lost things, found things, sacred things and her family. A person who finds herself going on bad blind dates, having cringe-worthy sex, a tumultuous, toxic affair, and falling for a man called Moses.
Being a normal person would be easy and fine if she didn't bear the weight of the unspoken grief of Cookie, her Holocaust-survivor grandmother. It would all be fine if she just knew how to be, without feeling the pull of expectation, the fear of disappointing others (men, friends, her parents, humanity), and that pesky problem of being attracted to all the wrong people (according to her parents, anyway).
By endlessly trying to please everyone around her, Naomi can't seem to figure out what she wants for herself, or how to get it. With echoes of the dead and dying all about her, in objects, in story, in her grandmother's firm grasp, Naomi isn't quite sure she knows how to be a normal person, but she is going to try.
This fiercely honest, funny and fearless novel is a deep dive into the complex questions that surround culture, identity politics and generational trauma in contemporary Australia. Both a sadly affectionate and brilliantly unsparing examination of the glorious, awkward, messiness of life.
'A compelling, immersive, utterly absorbing read. Hearst's arrival on the literary scene is a triumphal one. I cannot wait to see what she writes next.' Dr Lee Kofman.
©2023 Elise Esther Hearst (P)2023 HarperCollins PublishersWhat listeners say about One Day We're All Going to Die
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- Anonymous User
- 22-05-2024
Great listen
I throughly enjoyed this it was a great listen it was funny and moving can’t wait for another one her books.
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- Anonymous User
- 29-09-2023
Loved this one
I really enjoyed Naomi’s story. The dynamic between her parents and sister were quite interesting. I also learnt a little about the Jewish community,
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- Anonymous User
- 11-11-2023
A wonderful and exciting debut
A very enjoyable story about a soul searching Jewish girl living in Melbourne. An exciting new published Australian writer.
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- Madeleine Fox
- 01-08-2024
The frankness and honesty of the writing
Felt like a portrait piece. A snippet of a young woman’s life without a structured plot and resolution. In that sense I was left wanting resolution. If id known that going in, I may not have. At times the writing was brave and I liked that, but sometimes it just felt gratuitous.
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- Noni Cole
- 31-10-2023
Mundane…
Unfortunately i found this a very bland boring read & the narration was even worse .., disappointing
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- Bernadette brouwers
- 13-11-2023
Disappointing
Self-indulgent and tedious. Very undergraduate. Eccentric grandmother was underdeveloped as a character. Unable to finish.
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