“The latest by Lambda Literary Award winner Klune is a winning story about grief, loss, and moving on. TJ Klune creates worlds where fear and threat can be conquered by kindness, and a tender, queer heart is more valuable than any weapon or power.” “Is it possible to fall in love with someone’s imagination? If so, consider me fully smitten. Fans of queer fantasy won’t want to miss this.” “Tenderness, wit, and skillful worldbuilding elevate this delightful tale. Cassandra Khaw, author of Nothing But Blackened Teeth And then it healed me in the next breath.” 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. 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. “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.

“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.” 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.īy turns heartwarming and heartbreaking, this absorbing tale of grief and hope is told with TJ Klune's signature warmth, humor, and extraordinary empathy.Ī Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books With Hugo's help, he finally starts to learn about all the things he missed in life. Hugo is the tea shop's owner to locals and the ferryman to souls who need to cross over.īut Wallace isn't ready to abandon the life he barely lived. On the outskirts, off the path through the woods, tucked between mountains, is a particular tea shop, run by a man named Hugo.

Instead of leading him directly to the afterlife, the reaper takes him to a small village. When a reaper comes to collect Wallace Price from his own funeral, Wallace suspects he really might be dead. 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.

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