BOOK LAUNCH
Toni Jordan at MUSE
3—4pm Sunday 2 April
Muse, East Hotel, Kingston Canberra ACT
Join Toni Jordan at Muse to talk about her book Prettier If She Smiled More.
Tickets: $10 (entry only) // $40 (includes a discounted copy of the book RRP $32.99)
As the eldest child in a single-parent family, Kylie's always had more important things on her mind than smiling. Controlling her job, her home, her romantic life – and most importantly, her family – takes all her concentration. She's always succeeded, though, because that's who Kylie is.
Until one Monday morning, when Kylie discovers the local pharmacy where she works is being taken over by a huge corporation, putting her stable job at risk. This leads to a cascade of disasters: her boyfriend is acting suspiciously and she finds herself caring for a high-maintenance Pomeranian.
When her fiercely independent mother breaks an ankle and needs help, it's up to Kylie, as usual, to fix things. She reluctantly packs her bags, but back in her childhood home, things start to unravel. Could it be that Kylie's carefully curated life is not so perfect after all?
Prettier if She Smiled More will make you laugh and cry with empathy and recognition and asks the question: when is it too late to start over?
Toni Jordan has worked as a molecular biologist, quality control chemist, TAB operator and door-to-door aluminium siding salesperson. She is the author of six novels including the international bestseller Addition, which was longlisted for the Miles Franklin Award, Nine Days, which was awarded Best Fiction at the 2012 Indie Awards and was named in Kirkus Review's top 10 Historical Novels of 2013, and Our Tiny, Useless Hearts, which was longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. Toni has been published widely in newspapers and magazines.
Venue
Muse, East Hotel
69 Canberra Ave, Kingston ACT
T: (02) 6178 0024