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52 pages 1 hour read

Ghosts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

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Background

Authorial Context: Dolly Alderton’s Contributions to the Conversation about Modern Love

With over 27 million downloads of her podcast, two nonfiction books, and one novel, Dolly Alderton has established herself as a prominent British author, journalist, and podcaster known for her candid, often humorous reflections on relationships, self-discovery, and the complexities of modern adulthood. Dear Dolly, Alderton’s popular agony aunt column for the Sunday Times, tackled issues like modern dating and female bonds with honesty and wit. In 2022, Alderton assembled the columns into a book entitled Dear Dolly: On Love, Life, and Friendship […]. Alderton also co-hosted the gossipy pop culture High Low podcast with Pandora Sykes, and in 2018 she created a spinoff podcast, entitled Love Stories, where she interviewed guests about the most important relationships in their life (Marks, Olivia. “Dolly Alderton On Her Debut Novel Ghosts.” British Vogue, 3 Oct. 2020).  

In 2018, Alderton published her memoir Everything I Know About Love, which documents her first decade of adulthood and features relatable stories of navigating romance and friendships while growing up. Alderton also gained a following from a 2018 Times article she wrote about confronting a romantic partner who had ghosted her. Like her protagonist, blurred text
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