Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt : A Novel

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A gorgeous reminder of what really matters. Prepare to be astounded. People One of the best, most moving books I have read in years. Scott Detrow, NPR This is one of the most affecting, original, and unforgettable novels I have ever read. Sarah Damoff, author of The Bright Years

For fans of Fredrik Backman and Virginia Evans, an astonishing novel about finding beauty in the brevity of life, as narrated by the one who knows it best: Death.

Travis is Death in the modern world. He lives with his cat in a small, gray town. His job is to offer people comfort in their final hours of life, which he does without complaint or judgement. Hes stoic, gentle, and a little naive, despite who he is, but he never tries to change anyones fate. He is responsible for maintaining the balance of nature, and every life must eventually end.

Then Travis meets Dalia, a midwife, and her boisterous eight-year-old daughter Layla, who live across the hall, and despite his best attempts to keep his distance, he finds himself wholeheartedly embraced by other people for the first time. So it is with this seemingly unremarkable family that Travis begins to understand what it means to be truly aliveand what might be irrevocably lost in death.

Written with radiant warmth, wisdom, and compassion, Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt is a timeless and ultimately uplifting story about appreciating life, accepting its end, and finding our place in the universeespecially when it feels most impossiblethat will resonate with anyone who has ever loved and lost or worried about times passing.