- Title:
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Nine Days (MP3)
- Written by:
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Toni Jordan
- Read by:
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Caroline Lee; Tim Potter
- Format:
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Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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1
- Duration:
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7 hours 19 minutes
- MP3 size:
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316 MB
- Published:
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May 28 2019
- Available Date:
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May 28 2019
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781489499899
- Genres:
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Fiction; Australian Fiction; Historical; Historical Fiction; War Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda audio
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Format
Price
Bolinda price
Shortlisted Australian Book Industry Award / General Fiction Book of the Year 2013
Shortlisted Colin Roderick Award 2013
Winner Independent Booksellers of Australia Award / Best Fiction 2013
One family. Nine momentous days. An unforgettable novel of love and folly and heartbreak.
It is 1939 and although Australia is about to go to war, it doesn’t quite realise yet that the situation is serious. Deep in the working-class Melbourne suburb of Richmond it is business – your own and everyone else’s – as usual. And young Kip Westaway, failed scholar and stablehand, is living the most important day of his life.
Kip’s momentous day is one of nine that will set the course for each member of the Westaway clan in the years that follow. Kip’s mother, his brother Francis and, eventually, Kip’s wife Annabel and their daughters and grandson: all find their own turning points, their triumphs and catastrophes, in days to come.
But at the heart of all their stories is Kip, and at the centre of Kip’s 15-year-old heart is his adored sister Connie. They hold the threads that will weave a family.
In Nine Days Toni Jordan has harnessed all the spiky wit, compassion and lust for life that drew readers in droves to Addition and Fall Girl. Ambitious in scope and structure, triumphantly realised, this is a novel about one family and every family. It is about dreams and fights and sacrifices. And finally, of course, it is – as it must be – about love.
‘Toni Jordan’s characters beautifully frame a story of compassion, fun and poignancy.’
Launceston Examiner
‘Spanning World War II to 9/11, Australian novelist Jordan delivers a witty and wise family saga ...'
Kirkus Reviews, starred
‘A brilliant piece of writing … compelling, engaging and will bring tears to the eyes …’
Sunday Star Times