'A warm-hearted novel from the author of Walking on Trampolines about music, grief, relationships, gardens, love, laughter and family.
'Florence Saint Claire is a loner. Albert Flowers is a social butterfly. Good friends who think they know each other.
'But, somewhere between who they are, and who people think they are, lies The Best Kind of Beautiful.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
'Florence Saint Claire is a bit disgruntled about her name. She’d rather be called something like Ruth: dependable, denoting serious intent. Florences, though, are more suitable to “winsome creatures, like that girl Miranda who vanquished into thin air in Picnic at Hanging Rock … with those irritating panpipes playing in the background”.' (Introduction)
'Florence Saint Claire is a bit disgruntled about her name. She’d rather be called something like Ruth: dependable, denoting serious intent. Florences, though, are more suitable to “winsome creatures, like that girl Miranda who vanquished into thin air in Picnic at Hanging Rock … with those irritating panpipes playing in the background”.' (Introduction)