At
44, Susan Duncan, had it all. She was the editor of two top selling
women's magazines in Australia. She had a happy marriage and travelled
the world interviewing the famous and glamorous.
Within three
days of each other her husband and brother die and her life is
shattered. She continues to work for a further 18 months until one day
everything caves in and she can't get out of bed.
She
quits her job, falls passionately for a man that breaks her heart and
through all of this finds a new beginning and meaning to her life.
Exquisitely written combining humour, honesty, pain, sadness and joy.
What the press said:
"It
is Duncan's unflinching and meticulous depiction of what really happens
when humans struggle with grief, illness and mortality that ultimately
makes this book sing... her accounts of dogs, food, wildlife, friends,
illness and death are evocative, honest and dryly funny, while her
stories of the frail helping the frailer are gut-wrenchingly moving." -
The Australian
"Told with humour, honesty and brilliance. Don't miss it." - Woman's Day
"Duncan is a vibrant writer who brings alive her surroundings with
great gusto and beauty" Sunday Telegraph
This
hardcover is published in Australia by Random House with a recommended
retail price of $32.95 is available from all bookstores around
Australia or Booktopia has it discounted to $29.66 plus shipping and
you can order it now by clicking the "Order Book Now" button.
(Please note: the Audio CD version is due out in June 2006 as well.)
