Our Tiny, Useless Hearts

Author(s): Toni Jordan

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"Henry has ended his marriage to Caroline and headed off to Noosa with Mercedes' grade three teacher, Martha. Caroline, having shredded a wardrobe-full of Henry's suits, has gone after them. Craig and Lesley have dropped over briefly from next door to catch up on the fallout from Henry and Caroline's all-night row. And Janice, Caroline's sister, is staying for the weekend to look after the girls because Janice is the sensible one. A microbiologist with a job she loves, a fervent belief in the beauty of the scientific method and a determination to make a solo life after her divorce from Alec. Then Craig returns through the bedroom window expecting a tryst with Caroline and finds Janice in her bed, Lesley storms in with a jealous heart and a mouthful of threats, Henry, Caroline and Martha arrive back from the airport in separate taxis:and let's not even get started on Brayden the pizza guy. Janice can cope with all that. But when Alec knocks on the door things suddenly get complicated.a Harnessing the exquisite timing of the great comedies to the narrative power and emotional intelligence for which she is famous, Toni Jordan brings all her wit, wisdom and flair to thi

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'This novel is a triumph. Another signal career in Australian fiction is well under way.' Australian on Nine Days 'Having seduced her readers with a light and fluffy (albeit smarter than your average chick-lit) set-up, Toni Jordan gently leads them further and further into unexpected territory... Addition raises a lot of questions about our values and our society, couched in disarmingly easy-to-read prose.' Australian Book Review

Toni Jordan is the author of four novels. The international bestseller Addition (2008), was a Richard and Judy Bookclub pick and was longlisted for the Miles Franklin award. Fall Girl (2010) was published internationally and has been optioned for film, and Nine Days was awarded Best Fiction at the 2012 Indie Awards, was shortlisted for the ABIA Best General Fiction award and was named in Kirkus Review's top 10 Historical Novels of 2013. Her latest novel is Our Tiny Useless Hearts (2016). Toni has been widely published in newspapers and magazines.

General Fields

  • : 9781925355451
  • : Text Publishing Company
  • : Text Publishing Company
  • : 0.378
  • : January 2016
  • : 234mm X 153mm
  • : Australia
  • : books

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  • : Toni Jordan
  • : Paperback
  • : 516
  • : en
  • : 823.92
  • : 288