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2 y separately published work icon The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village Joanna Nell , Sydney : Hachette Australia , 2018 14508719 2018 single work novel

"The life of 79-year-old pensioner Peggy Smart is as beige as the décor in her retirement village. Her week revolves around aqua aerobics and appointments with her doctor. The highlight of Peggy’s day is watching her neighbour Brian head out for his morning swim. She dreams of inviting the handsome widower to an intimate dinner. But why would an educated man like Brian, look twice at Peggy? As a woman of a certain age, she fears she has become invisible, even to men in their eighties.

"But a chance encounter with an old school friend she hasn’t seen in five decades — the glamorous fashionista Angie Valentine — sets Peggy on an unexpected journey of self-discovery."

Source: Publishers blurb.
10 5 y separately published work icon A Guide to the Birds of East Africa : A Novel Nicholas Drayson , London New York (City) : Viking , 2008 Z1519696 2008 single work novel 'For the past three years, Mr. Malik has been secretly in love with Rose Mbikwa, a woman who leads the weekly bird walks sponsored by the East African Ornithological Society. Just as Malik is getting up the nerve to invite Rose to the Nairobi Hunt Club Ball (the premier social occasion of the Kenyan calendar), Harry Khan, a nemesis from his school days, arrives in town.
Khan has also become enraptured with Rose and announces his intent to invite her to the Ball. Rather than force Rose to choose between the two men, a clever solution is proposed. Whoever can identify the most species of birds in one week’s time gets the privilege of asking Ms. Mbikwa to the ball.' (Publication summary)
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