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'It is 1939 and although Australia is about to go to war, it doesn't quite realise yet that the situation is serious. Deep in the working-class Melbourne suburb of Richmond it is business—your own and everyone else's—as usual. And young Kip Westaway, failed scholar and stablehand, is living the most important day of his life.
'Kip's momentous day is one of nine that will set the course for each member of the Westaway clan in the years that follow. Kip's mother, his brother Francis and, eventually, Kip's wife Annabel and their daughters and grandson: all find their own turning points, their triumphs and catastrophes, in days to come.
'But at the heart of all their stories is Kip, and at the centre of Kip's fifteen-year-old heart is his adored sister Connie. They hold the threads that will weave a family.
'In Nine Days Toni Jordan has harnessed all the spiky wit, compassion and lust for life that drew readers in droves to Addition and Fall Girl. Ambitious in scope and structure, triumphantly realised, this is a novel about one family and every family. It is about dreams and fights and sacrifices. And finally, of course, it is—as it must be—about love.' (Publisher's blurb)
Notes
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Dedication: For Robbie, for everything, of course.
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Author's note: This novel was inspired by a photograph from the State Library of Victoria's Argus newspaper collection of war photographs. The couple in the photograph are unidentified. Connie Westaway and Jack Husting are entirely fictitious and their fates are not those of the photograph's subjects.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
- Large print.
Works about this Work
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Review : Nine Days
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Reviews in Australian Studies , vol. 8 no. 4 2014;
— Review of Nine Days 2012 single work novel -
Untitled
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Inscribe , Summer no. 7 2013; (p. 14)
— Review of Nine Days 2012 single work novel -
Ain't Nobody's Business
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: Sunday Life , 16 December 2012; (p. 11) -
Now, Read This
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 15-16 December 2012; (p. 22-23) The Weekend Australian , 5-6 January 2013; (p. 14-25) -
Characters Built into the Picture
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 6 October 2012; (p. 27) The Sydney Morning Herald , 6-7 October 2012; (p. 32-33) The Canberra Times , 6 October 2012; (p. 22)
— Review of Nine Days 2012 single work novel
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A Day in the Life ...
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 18-19 August 2012; (p. 20-21)
— Review of Nine Days 2012 single work novel -
Emotional Postcards of a Family Drama
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 26 August 2012; (p. 15) The Sunday Age , 26 August 2012; (p. 15)
— Review of Nine Days 2012 single work novel -
Universal Connections
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 25 August 2012; (p. 21)
— Review of Nine Days 2012 single work novel -
Untitled
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , June/July vol. 91 no. 9 2012; (p. 24)
— Review of Nine Days 2012 single work novel -
Well Read
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 18 August 2012; (p. 20)
— Review of Nine Days 2012 single work novel ; Welcome to Normal 2012 selected work short story -
Melbourne by the Book
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 12 August 2012; (p. 8-9) -
The Novel's Real, But the Mystery Remains
2012
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column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 19 August 2012; (p. 6) -
Toni Jordan
2012
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25-26 August 2012; (p. 28-29) -
Now, Read This
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 15-16 December 2012; (p. 22-23) The Weekend Australian , 5-6 January 2013; (p. 14-25) -
Ain't Nobody's Business
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: Sunday Life , 16 December 2012; (p. 11)
Awards
- Richmond, East Melbourne - Richmond area, Melbourne, Victoria,