Funeral Songs for Dying Girls

By: Cherie Dimaline

Narrated by: Tara Sky, Jessica Matten

After inadvertently starting rumors of a haunted cemetery, a teen befriends a ghost in this brand-new young adult novel exploring grief and belonging by the critically acclaimed and bestselling author of The Marrow Thieves series.

Winifred has lived in the apartment above the cemetery office with her father, who works in the crematorium, all her life, close to her mother's grave. With her sixteenth birthday only days away, Winifred has settled into a lazy summer schedule, lugging her obese Chihuahua around the grounds in a squeaky red wagon to visit the neglected gravesides and nursing a serious crush on her best friend, Jack.

Her habit of wandering the graveyard at all hours has started a rumor that Winterson Cemetery might be haunted. It’s welcome news since the crematorium is on the verge of closure and her father’s job is being outsourced. Now that the ghost tours have started, Winifred just might be able to save her father’s job and the only home she’s ever known, not to mention being able to stay close to where her mother is buried. All she has to do is get help from her con-artist cousin to keep up the rouse and somehow manage to stop her father from believing his wife has returned from the grave. But when Phil, an actual ghost of a teen girl who lived and died in the ravine next to the cemetery, starts showing up, Winifred begins to question everything she believes about life, love and death. Especially love.

The creative story

I loved the passion of the story this book was clearly loved by its author as she was writing it

Beautiful

Cherie Dimaline has become one of my favorite writers. This is a beautiful coming of age story - through both its fantastical and terribly human elements. The vividness of her characters spin to life before your eyes - those living, dead, and memories.

Thoroughly Enjoyed!

This coming-of-age story is brilliantly told in a different way than all the others. Cherie Dimeline is a fantastic storyteller!! I only have one complaint about the Audible version -the narration was a bit inconsistent. There were a few repeats/overlaps with words, and having a second narrator was confusing at times. I would recommend the actual book for this one.