PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Kylie knows exactly what she wants and what she will get. The pharmacy she works in will be hers when the owners retire, her finances are calculated to the nth degree, her partner will be perfect husband material, and her home efficient, tidy and exactly as it should be. Controlling all these elements in her life is complicated with making sure her family also falls into line. But Kylie is a Schnabel, and that means despite all her efforts, they are messy - beloved, but messy! Then the week of disaster hits - and absolutely every certainty Kylie has possessed is eroded and thrown into shambles…Who else can she turn to, but her chaotic family - and to the self she truly is - to find her way through? A fabulously observant and delightful novel, a companion/follow-up to the witty Dinner with the Schnabels. I enjoyed this very much, and hope the other Schnabels find their way into more novels in the future! Lindy
Toni Jordan has worked as a molecular biologist, quality control chemist, TAB operator and door-to-door aluminium siding salesperson. She is the author of six novels including the international bestseller Addition, which was longlisted for the Miles Franklin Award, Nine Days, which was awarded Best Fiction at the 2012 Indie Awards and was named in Kirkus Review's top 10 Historical Novels of 2013, and Our Tiny, Useless Hearts, which was longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. Toni has been published widely in newspapers and magazines. She holds a Bachelor of Science in physiology and a PhD in Creative Arts. Toni lives in Melbourne.
ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Kylie knows exactly what she wants and what she will get. The pharmacy she works in will be hers when the owners retire, her finances are calculated to the nth degree, her partner will be perfect husband material, and her home efficient, tidy and exactly as it should be. Controlling all these elements in her life is complicated with making sure her family also falls into line. But Kylie is a Schnabel, and that means despite all her efforts, they are messy - beloved, but messy! Then the week of disaster hits - and absolutely every certainty Kylie has possessed is eroded and thrown into shambles…Who else can she turn to, but her chaotic family - and to the self she truly is - to find her way through? A fabulously observant and delightful novel, a companion/follow-up to the witty Dinner with the Schnabels. I enjoyed this very much, and hope the other Schnabels find their way into more novels in the future! Lindy
