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Author Talk: Meredith Jaffe

  • Queanbeyan Branch Library 6 Rutledge Street Queanbeyan, NSW, 2620 Australia (map)

AUTHOR TALK
Meredith Jaffé at Queanbeyan Library

Thursday 4 August 2022, 2–3:30pm

Queanbeyan-Palerang Libraries - Author Talk

Queanbeyan-Palerang Libraries is proud to present an author talk with Meredith Jaffé, where she will discuss her latest novel The Tricky Art of Forgiveness.

Diana Forsyth is in the midst of planning The Big Party a combined celebration of her husband Will's 60th and their 30th wedding anniversary. The whole family is flying in and unbeknownst to Will, Diana is planning a Big Surprise.

But then she finds a torn scrap of paper hidden inside the folds of one of his cashmere sweaters with the words I forgive you. And all of a sudden Diana realises she's not the only one keeping Big Secrets. Maybe her rock-solid marriage isn't so secure after all.

Book your free ticket to hear Meredith discuss this heart-warming tale of friendship, forgiveness and redemption.

Meredith Jaffe is the author of four novels for adults - The Tricky Art of Forgiveness, The Dressmakers of Yarrandarrah Prison, The Making of Christina and The Fence. Her bestselling novel, The Dressmakers of Yarrandarrah Prison, was voted in the 2021 Booktopia Favourite Australian Book Award Top 50 and the 2022 Better Reading Top 100. She also writes for children.

She regularly facilitates at other writers' festivals and author events. Previously, she wrote the weekly literary column for the online women's magazine The Hoopla. Her feature articles, reviews, and opinion pieces have also appeared in The Guardian Australia, The Huffington Post, and Mamamia.


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