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From the Sunday Times<\/em> bestselling author, for anyone who’s ever been ghosted – and wondered why?<\/strong><\/p>\n

‘Unputdownable’ Mel Giedroyc<\/strong><\/p>\n

‘Beth is a really clever, funny writer’ Nina Stibbe<\/strong><\/p>\n

‘The queen of feel-good fiction’ Clare Pooley<\/strong><\/p>\n

‘Isabella’s NOT dead.’<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Every time someone asks Gwen about her best friend – you know, the one who ghosted them all fifteen years ago – this is what Gwen tells them.<\/p>\n

But where is<\/em> Isabella? Why did she leave, just when Gwen needed her the most?<\/p>\n

Setting out to solve the mystery, in an adventure that takes Gwen across the country then across Europe; that tests her friendships and strains her marriage, Gwen searches for Isabella.<\/p>\n

But Isabella’s not the only one who’s lost. Is Gwen also searching for? herself?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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‘Unputdownable’ Mel Giedroyc<\/strong><\/p>\n

‘Beth is a really clever, funny writer’ Nina Stibbe<\/strong><\/p>\n

‘The queen of feel-good fiction’ Clare Pooley<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[68],"product_tag":[26900,26844,26831,26830,26843],"class_list":["post-113707","product","type-product","status-publish","product_cat-general-fiction","product_tag-contemporary-lifestyle-fiction","product_tag-family-life-fiction","product_tag-humorous-fiction","product_tag-modern-contemporary-fiction","product_tag-narrative-theme-interior-life","pa_book_author-morrey-beth","pa_cover-paperback","pa_dewey-823-92-edition23","pa_edition-1st-paperback-ed","pa_imprint-harpercollinspublishers","pa_language-english","pa_pages-8382","pa_publisher-harpercollinspublishers","pa_readership-general-trade-code-k","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\nIsabella's Not Dead<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"From the Sunday Times bestselling author, for anyone who's ever been ghosted - and wondered why?'Unputdownable' Mel Giedroyc'Beth is a really clever, funny writer' Nina Stibbe'The queen of feel-good fiction' Clare Pooley'Isabella's NOT dead.'Every time someone asks Gwen about her best friend - you know, the one who ghosted them all fifteen years ago - this is what Gwen tells them.But where is Isabella? 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