Book description
The 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.
'Intelligent romantic comedy at its deft best' 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. www. tonijordan. com
