Books by Toni Jordan

'I loved every page of this funny, warm, delightful novel!' LIANE MORIARTYYou can marry into them, but can you ever really be one of them?A novel about marriage, love and family.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, author of The Dictionary of Lost Words'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

Negen dagen. Negen dagen, verspreid over 70 jaar en 4 generaties van een familie. Elke dag gegrift in hun geheugen. We leren de familie Westaway kennen aan de vooravond van WO II en volgen hen tot 11 september 2001. Aan de start staat Kip Westaway, die de school heeft moeten verlaten om geld te verdienen voor de familie. Aan het einde staat Kips kleinzoon, die zijn grootvader komt bezoeken in het bejaardentehuis. Over de familie hangt de schaduw van een geheim (wat gebeurde er precies met Kips zus en de buurjongen?), maar belangrijker is het gevecht dat de vrouwelijke personages leveren. De personages worden achtervolgd door een gebrek aan vrijheid en kansen, als gevolg van klasse, geslacht, religie en armoede. Herkenbaar en doorleefd, met een ingenieuze structuur. -

Hoe ziet je leven eruit als je beheerst wordt door getallen? Grace telt werkelijk alles wat er te tellen valt, van de letters in haar naam tot de zaadjes op haar broodje. Zo probeert ze controle te houden over de chaos in haar leven, hartstikke logisch toch? Maar er is niemand die haar echt begrijpt. Wanneer ze op aandringen van haar zus in therapie gaat, ontmoet ze een man die haar talloze obsessies en regeltjes van tafel veegt. Misschien kun je de wereld toch niet beteugelen, hoe graag je dat ook wilt... Hoeveel dagen was ze nu ook alweer verliefd? Toni Jordan (1966) is geboren in Brisbane en heeft een indrukwekkende carrière achter de boeg voordat ze fulltime met schrijven is begonnen. Met haar achtergrond als bioloog, chemicus, marketing manager en schrijver van korte verhalen, heeft ze haar boek ‘Alles telt’ geschreven over een jonge vrouw die worstelt met haar mentale gesteldheid. Haar debuutroman werd een internationale bestseller en verscheen in maar liefst elf landen. Jordan is ook bekend van haar tweede boek ‘Negen dagen’, dat de prijs voor beste fictie ontving bij de Indie Awards in 2012.

'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 caf (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.

A romantic comedy about sex, marriage and the benefits and drawbacks of being a grownup.

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.