- Title:
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Addition
- Written by:
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Toni Jordan
- Read by:
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Caroline Lee
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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7
- Duration:
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7 hours 50 minutes
- Published:
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June 01 2008
- Available Date:
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May 14 2010
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781742015491
- Genres:
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Fiction; Contemporary Fiction; Humorous Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda audio
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Format
Price
Bolinda price
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The Australian Women's Weekly Great Read
Shortlisted Australian Book Industry Award / General Fiction Book of the Year 2008
Shortlisted Australian Book Industry Award / Newcomer of the Year 2008
Longlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award 2009
"This is a winning love story, a sorbet for tired souls."
The Age
"This is a delightful first novel, serious and sometimes sad, but full of charm and humour …Toni Jordan is a novelist to look out for."
The Press
A fabulous debut novel.
Grace Lisa Vandenburg counts.
The letters in her name (19). The steps she takes every morning to the local café (920); the number of poppy seeds on her slice of orange cake, which dictates the number of bites she'll take to finish it. Grace counts everything, because numbers hold the world together. And she needs to keep an eye on how they're doing. Seamus Joseph O'Reilly (also a 19, with the sexiest hands Grace has ever seen) thinks she might be better off without the counting. If she could hold down a job, say. Or open her kitchen cupboards without conducting an inventory, or make a sandwich containing an unknown number of sprouts. Grace's problem is that Seamus doesn't count.
Her other problem is... he does.
"A stylish, witty and moving love story."
Sigrid Thornton
"This is a gem."
The Sydney Morning Herald
"Grace is as nutty as a fruitcake but funny, and runs an internal commentary on life that is sassy and astute."
The Sunday Telegraph
"A gemlike debut – think The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time thrown into the world of chick lit… This romantic comedy weighs the value of a normal life against the hidden potential in a life of dysfunction. At the book's close, it's up to Seamus to accept Grace for who she is… A smartly written comedy that cheekily suggests recovery may not be for everyone." [starred review]
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