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Issue Details: First known date: 2022... 2022 Love and Other Puzzles
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'Following the clues doesn't always lead you where you might expect ...

'A witty, warm-hearted and appealing novel about how stepping out of our comfort zones can sometimes be the best – and worst – thing that can ever happen to us.

'Rory's life is perfectly predictable, ordered and on track – just the way she likes it. She walks her 12,000 steps a day, writes her to-do list, and each night she prepares her breakfast chia pods and lays out her clothes for the next day. She's doing everything right. So why does everything feel so wrong?

'Deep down, she knows her life and career – not to mention her relationship – are going nowhere, and so Rory, in a moment of desperation, takes an uncharacteristic step: letting the clues of The New York Times crossword puzzle dictate all her decisions for a week. Just for a week, she reasons. Just to shake things up a bit. What could possibly go wrong?

'A delightfully witty, deliciously original and astringently refreshing romcom that reads like you're inhaling a zingy citrus cocktail made by Nora Ephron, at a party thrown by Dolly Alderton and Beth O'Leary.' (Publication summary)

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  • Sound recording.
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Works about this Work

Literary Escapism : Three New Comic Novels Debra Adelaide , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 442 2022; (p. 40-41)

— Review of Dinner with the Schnabels Toni Jordan , 2022 single work novel ; The Competition Katherine Collette , 2022 single work novel ; Love and Other Puzzles Kimberley Allsopp , 2022 single work novel

'Doubtless there will come a time when one’s more disciplined reading self requires nourishment from serious books that offer sustained intellectual, creative, and moral challenges. In the meantime, books – in particular the contemporary urban novel – may continue to satisfy by being charming, delightful, witty, heart-warming, hilarious, astringently refreshing, sharply observed, and deliciously original.' (Introduction)

Literary Escapism : Three New Comic Novels Debra Adelaide , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 442 2022; (p. 40-41)

— Review of Dinner with the Schnabels Toni Jordan , 2022 single work novel ; The Competition Katherine Collette , 2022 single work novel ; Love and Other Puzzles Kimberley Allsopp , 2022 single work novel

'Doubtless there will come a time when one’s more disciplined reading self requires nourishment from serious books that offer sustained intellectual, creative, and moral challenges. In the meantime, books – in particular the contemporary urban novel – may continue to satisfy by being charming, delightful, witty, heart-warming, hilarious, astringently refreshing, sharply observed, and deliciously original.' (Introduction)

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