02162cam a2200361 i 4500 615034160 TxAuBib 201023s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781982167356 1982167351 (OCoLC)1201298816 TxAuBib rda Austin, Emily R., author. Everyone in this room will someday be dead : a novel / Emily Austin. First Atria Books hardcover edition. New York, NY : Atria Books, 2021. 243 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier ""Gilda, a twenty-something, atheist, animal-loving lesbian, cannot stop ruminating about death. Desperate for relief from her panicky mind and alienated from her repressive family, she responds to a flyer for free therapy at a local Catholic church, and finds herself being greeted by Father Jeff, who assumes she's there for a job interview. Too embarrassed to correct him, Gilda is abruptly hired to replace the recently deceased receptionist Grace. In between trying to memorize the lines to Catholic mass, hiding the fact that she has a new girlfriend, and erecting a dirty dish tower in her crumbling apartment, Gilda strikes up an email correspondence with Grace's old friend. She can't bear to ignore the kindly old woman, who has been trying to reach her friend through the church inbox, but she also can't bring herself to break the bad news. Desperate, she begins impersonating Grace via email. But when the police discover suspicious circumstances surrounding Grace's death, Gilda may have to finally reveal the truth of her mortifying existence.""--Amazon. Lesbians Fiction. Sexual minorities Fiction. Receptionists Fiction. Atheists Fiction. Death Fiction. Young women Fiction. Anxiety Fiction. Church buildings Fiction. Impersonation Fiction. Novels. Humorous fiction.