{"id":46131,"date":"2019-12-01T11:12:45","date_gmt":"2019-12-01T16:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=46131"},"modified":"2019-11-29T11:41:45","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T16:41:45","slug":"how-not-to-die-alone-by-richard-roper-in-booklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/how-not-to-die-alone-by-richard-roper-in-booklist\/","title":{"rendered":"How Not to Die Alone by Richard Roper [in Booklist]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-45652 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/How-Not-to-Die-Alone-Richard-Roper-BookDragon-530x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/How-Not-to-Die-Alone-Richard-Roper-BookDragon-530x800.jpg 530w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/How-Not-to-Die-Alone-Richard-Roper-BookDragon.jpg 645w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/>At 42, Andrew knows too much about death \u2013 personally and professionally. He\u2019s lost his father, mother, sister; his bully brother-in-law is hardly family. He works in London\u2019s Death Administration department, where he deals with what\u2019s left of those who died alone, inspecting their homes, arranging their funerals, occasionally being their only mourner.<\/p>\n<p>Somehow, during his initial job interview, between zoning out and nodding in the wrong places, he convinced his boss-to-be that he had a wife and two children. He\u2019s been embellishing his nonexistent family dramas at the office now for five years. That he lives alone, has only online friends, means his secret didn\u2019t really matter \u2013 until his new co-worker Peggy turns out to be more a potential soulmate.<\/p>\n<p>The ever-versatile Simon Vance assumes debut author Richard Roper\u2019s anti-hero with relish, progressively maneuvering him from wallflower to protagonist of his own true story. He\u2019s equally effective voicing Andrew\u2019s missing family, his motley crew of colleagues, the too many lonely strangers. In the growing disconnect of contemporary society, Andrew shows us all the preventative ways of <em>How Not to Die Alone<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booklistonline.com\/How-Not-to-Die-Alone-\/pid=9721562\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">&#8220;Media,&#8221; <em>Booklist<\/em>, November 15, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At 42, Andrew knows too much about death \u2013 personally and professionally. He\u2019s lost his father, mother, sister; his bully brother-in-law is hardly family. 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