'I loved every page of this funny, warm, delightful novel!' LIANE MORIARTY I am pressing it into the hands of everyone I know' KATE FORSYTH.

a modern comedy of manners that pokes affectionate fun at contemporary Australia - all with Toni's trademark warmth, sensitivity and tenderness. Dinner with the Schnabels is warm and quintessentially Australian yet extensively engaging' Sydney Arts Guide'Just delightful. I inhaled her words then snorted them out laughing!' JOANNA NELL'Terrific. Practically every page boasts lines redolent of humour, wit and sarcasm that will make you snigger if not laugh out loud' ArtsHub'Hilarious' The Bookshelf (ABC Radio)'Toni Jordan at her finest - brilliantly observed and highly entertaining. a charmer of a book' Daily Telegraph'Once again proving why Jordan is one of this country's most exceptional writers' Better Reading'Dinner with the Schnabels is a contemporary comic masterpiece. As his world spins out of control, who can Simon really count on when the chips are down?'A smart, funny novel about love, marriage and family' Weekend Australian'With sharply observed characters and comic set-pieces to make you laugh out loud, Dinner with the Schnabels is great fun to read and casts a more mature and acerbic eye on modern masculinity' Sydney Morning Herald'Laughs all the way. 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 an unexpected house guest.

His larger-than-life in-laws, the Schnabels, won't get off his case. He adores his wife and children, but since his business failed and he lost the family home, he can't seĮm to get off the couch.

It is a tonic and a delight' PIP WILLIAMSThings haven't gone well for Simon Larsen lately. 'I loved every page of this funny, warm, delightful novel!' LIANE MORIARTY'Told with great humour and pathos. 'A winning love story, a sorbet for tired souls.' Age. She's not a bit sentimental but even so, she may be about to lose track of the number of ways she can fall in love. Grace is witty, flirtatious and headstrong. Additionis the bestselling debut novel of Toni Jordan, author of Fall Girland Nine Days. Grace's problem is that Seamus doesn't count. Or open her kitchen cupboards without conducting an inventory, or make a sandwich containing an unknown number of sprouts. Seamus Joseph O'Reilly (also a 19, with the sexiest hands Grace has ever seen) thinks she might be better off without the counting. Anĭ she needs to keep an eye on how they're doing. Grace counts everything, because numbers hold the worlds together. The steps she takes every morning to the local café (920) the number of poppy seeds on her slice of orange cake, which dictates the number of bites she'll take to finish it.

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