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''I loved every page of this funny, warm, delightful novel!'' LIANE MORIARTY''This is the book to beat in 2022. Flawless book. A pure joy. Full of humour, lovable characters, wit and surprises''⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader review''Brilliant, funny and uplifting''⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader review.......................You can marry into them, but can you ever really be one of them?Things haven''t gone well for Simon Larsen lately. He adores his wife, Tansy, and his children, but since his business failed and he lost the family home, he can''t seem to get off the couch.His larger-than-life in-laws, the Schnabels - Tansy''s mother, sister and brother - won''t get off his case. To keep everyone happy, Simon needs to do one little job: he has a week to landscape a friend''s backyard for an important Schnabel family event.But as the week progresses, Simon is derailed by the arrival of an unexpected house guest. Then he discovers Tansy is harbouring a secret. As his world spins out of control, who can Simon really count on when the chips are down?Life with the Schnabels is messy, chaotic and joyful, and Dinner with the Schnabels is as heartwarming as it is outrageously funny........................Praise for Dinner with the Schnabels:''Told with great humour and pathos. It is a tonic and a delight'' PIP WILLIAMS''Toni Jordan at her finest - brilliantly observed and highly entertaining. I inhaled her words then snorted them out laughing!'' JOANNA NELL''Smart, tender, wise and hilarious. This is a dinner I didn''t want to leave'' KATHRYN HEYMANPraise for Toni Jordan:''Laugh-out-loud funny'' The Australian Women''s Weekly''Crisp and clever'' Saturday Paper''A moving comedy'' Who Weekly''An emotionally rich domestic drama'' The Australian''Pitch-perfect blend of intelligence, compassion and humour'' The Guardian

''Jordan is a kind of Australian Marian Keyes, combining overdrive pace and throwaway humour with a razor intelligence and a deft, illuminating touch on darker subjects and themes . . . A sharp-eyed, engaging, endearing and ultimately optimistic story'' Sydney Morning Herald''Taps into the humour and pathos of ordinary life in a way that has you nodding with recognition . . . while at the same time laughing out loud'' PIP WILLIAMS''I just loved this very smart, very funny and at times moving novel'' SOPHIE CUNNINGHAMOne perfect life. One disastrous week. The brand-new novel from bestselling, acclaimed and beloved author Toni JordanAs the eldest child in a single-parent family, Kylie''s always had more important things on her mind than smiling for random strangers. Controlling her job, her home, her romantic life and - most importantly - her family takes all her concentration. She''s always succeeded, though, because that''s just who Kylie is.When her fiercely independent mother breaks an ankle and needs help, it''s up to Kylie, as usual, to fix things. She reluctantly packs her bags and moves in, but back in her childhood home, things start to unravel. Could it be that Kylie''s carefully curated life is not so perfect after all?Prettier if She Smiled More will make you laugh and make you cry. Is it ever too late to start over?''Hilarious . . . A funny take on menopause, caring for an ageing parent, perfectionism and midlife crises told with Toni''s signature observational humour and wit on ordinary life'' Woman''s Day''A magic mix of domestic drama, self-doubt, self-discovery and learning to laugh in the face of mayhem . . . A sensitive, amusing read'' Adelaide Advertiser''A funny and smart family drama'' Weekend Australian''Fabulous'' Who Weekly''Such a clever book . . . The author has used both quiet wry humour and laugh aloud moments to speak about the nature of family and of love . . . Prettier if She Smiled More is a life manual for us all'' Living Arts Canberra''Pitch perfect with just the right amount of humour . . . Jordan brings all her well-honed creative skills to the fore with this delightful tale'' Good ReadingPraise for Dinner with the Schnabels:''I loved every page of this funny, warm, delightful novel!'' LIANE MORIARTY''Told with great humour and pathos. It is a tonic and a delight'' PIP WILLIAMS''A smart, funny novel about love, marriage and family'' Weekend Australian''A contemporary comic masterpiece. Practically every page boasts lines redolent of humour, wit and sarcasm that will make you snigger if not laugh out loud'' ArtsHub

''A moving and intelligent comedy about finding love without losing yourself.'' Graeme Simsion, author of The Rosie ProjectGrace 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 orange cake, which dictates the number of bites she''ll take to eat it. Grace counts everything, because that way there are no unpleasant surprises. Seamus Joseph O''Reilly (also a 19) thinks she might be better off without the counting. If she could hold down a job, say. Or open her cupboards without conducting an inventory, or leave her flat without measuring the walls. Grace''s problem is that Seamus doesn''t count. Her other problem is . . . he does. As Grace struggles to balance a new relationship with old habits, to find a way to change while staying true to herself, she realises that nothing is more chaotic than love.

Meet Ella Canfield, highly qualified evolutionary biologist. Attractive, if a little serious-looking in those heavy glasses—but then she''s about to put her career on the line. Dr Canfield is seeking funding for a highly unorthodox research project. She wants to prove that an extinct animal still roams in one of Australia''s most popular national parks.Meet Daniel Metcalf, good-looking, expensively dishevelled millionaire. Quite witty but far too rich to be taken seriously. He heads the Metcalf Trust, which donates money to offbeat scientific research projects. He has a personal interest in animals that don''t exist.Problem number one: There is no such person as Dr Ella Canfield.Problem number two: Della Gilmore, professional con artist, has never met anyone like Daniel Metcalf before. Someone is going to take a fall.A sparkling, sexy read from the author of Addition, a Richard and Judy book club hit, Fall Girl is a story about passion and loyalty, deceit and integrity, and the importance of believing in things that don''t exist.

''The suspense is frequently nail-biting . . . beautifully constructed.'' Daily Mail''A sweet, charming, witty, romantic book,'' BBC Radio 2, The WeekenderThe tiniest things - a coin, a pendant, a photograph, a lie - can make or ruin lives. It is 1939. Deep in the working-class Melbourne suburb of Richmond Kip Westaway, failed scholar and stablehand, is about to live through the most important day in his young life as Australia hovers unknowingly on the brink of war. What happens that day is the catalyst for momentous events strung across eight more moments in time; love and deception, near-misses and misunderstandings, all centred around the terrible thing that happens to a young girl and the repercussions it will have on the lives of her family, even those not yet born.. Toni Jordan''s NINE DAYS is a beautiful, heartbreaking novel, a masterful piece of writing filled to bursting with warm, funny, spiky, lovable characters. It is the story of a tragedy, and the ripples that spread outwards from it through the generations, for better or worse. It is a book you will want to pass on, if you can bear to let it go.