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LONGLISTED FOR THE MATT RICHELL AWARD FOR NEW WRITER OF THE YEAR, ABIA AWARDS 2022

''a painful, beautiful novel that is a welcome addition to Australia''s growing crop of women-centred millennial fiction'' Books + Publishing

The night Eva shared a smile with Pat, something started. Two weeks later, lying together in her bed, Pat said, ''You can''t live your life saying you''ll get around to doing something you know will make you happy. You just have to do it.''

Eva didn''t know how devastating those words would turn out to be. Pat dies and the aftershock leaves Eva on unsteady ground. She is pregnant. And she has to make a choice.

Suddenly, the world that she at times already questioned, her career, her roommates and friends, and life in the inner-city are all even harder to navigate. Her best friends, Sarah and Annie, are also dealing with the shifts and changes of their late twenties, and each of them will at times let the others d

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'... a tender, perceptive debut novel' * NATIONAL [PRINT] Review, The Weekend Australian *

Small Joys of Real Life

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    A Paperback / softback by Allee Richards

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      Publisher: Hachette Australia
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 28/07/2021
      ISBN13: 9780733645471, 978-0733645471
      ISBN10: 073364547X

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      LONGLISTED FOR THE MATT RICHELL AWARD FOR NEW WRITER OF THE YEAR, ABIA AWARDS 2022

      ''a painful, beautiful novel that is a welcome addition to Australia''s growing crop of women-centred millennial fiction'' Books + Publishing

      The night Eva shared a smile with Pat, something started. Two weeks later, lying together in her bed, Pat said, ''You can''t live your life saying you''ll get around to doing something you know will make you happy. You just have to do it.''

      Eva didn''t know how devastating those words would turn out to be. Pat dies and the aftershock leaves Eva on unsteady ground. She is pregnant. And she has to make a choice.

      Suddenly, the world that she at times already questioned, her career, her roommates and friends, and life in the inner-city are all even harder to navigate. Her best friends, Sarah and Annie, are also dealing with the shifts and changes of their late twenties, and each of them will at times let the others d

      Trade Review
      '... a tender, perceptive debut novel' * NATIONAL [PRINT] Review, The Weekend Australian *

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