Book description
Grace Lisa Vandenburg counts. The letters in her name (19). The steps
she takes every morning to the local caf̩ (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.
Toni Jordan was born in Brisbane in 1966. She loved
reading and writing at primary school but by high school had become a
science nerd. She has worked as a sales assistant, molecular
biologist, quality control chemist and marketing manager. In 2004 she
quit her job to study writing and began working on her debut novel,
ADDITION. In 2008, ADDITION was a Richard and Judy summer read and in
2009 was longlisted for the Miles Franklin Award (the Australian
Booker). ADDITION has been translated into eight languages. Toni lives
in Melbourne with her husband.
