The Collected Regrets of Clover

DEBUT “Regrets,” “Advice,” and “Confessions” are the labels on the journals that line Clover Brooks’s bookshelves. At the end of each person’s life, she writes down and files their final words accordingly. It’s morbid but par for the course of a death doula. Having lost her parents at a very young age and witnessed firsthand the death of her kindergarten teacher, Clover grew up acutely aware of mortality and the vulnerability it brings to even the strongest people. Her dying clients constantly remind her of life’s fleeting nature and the importance of living with purpose, yet she rarely leaves the safety of her apartment. When a handsome fellow keeps showing up at the death cafés she frequents, Clover can’t resist his plea for help with his dying grandmother. She soon ends up on a mission of self-discovery that changes everything.