Nine Days - Hardcover

A sweet, charming, witty, romantic book * BBC Radio 2, The Weekender * You'll be hearing more from this talented author * Choice * It's laugh-out-loud funny and painfully sad in turns . . . It is a quick read and extremely hard to put down, as you get addicted to Grace's addictive personality * Amanda Ross, Richard & Judy Summer Read * Toni Jordan's debut is mature, witty and entertaining * Irish Times * Brimming with sarcastic humour * Guardian * An unusual and intriguing novel, written with a very light touch * Daily Mail * For ADDITION: 'Bringing a quirky humour and a sympathetic view of diversity to her story, the author sustains the momentum to the end of this engaging romantic comedy' * The Times * Intelligent romantic comedy at its deft best * The Age on FALL GIRL * A clever concept, carried out with confidence and compassion. * Adelaide Advertiser * This novel is a triumph. * Weekend Australian * This is my first 6-out-of-5 book in 2013. We're seamlessly (an willingly) manipulated by an author who knows what she's doing. ..There are many examples of power and observational astuteness over these 256 compelling pages...The themes, population, emotions and enjoyment originating from NINE DAYS are universal, as is the regret that it has to end. * www.thebookbag.co.uk * 'This novel is a triumph.' * Weekend Australian * 'A clever concept, carried out with confidence and compassion.' * Adelaide Advertiser * The suspense is frequently nail-biting... beautifully constructed * Daily Mail *

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.