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Issue Details: First known date: 2023... 2023 Prettier If She Smiled More
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'One perfect life. One disastrous week. The brand-new novel from bestselling, acclaimed and beloved author Toni Jordan

'As the eldest child in a single-parent family, Kylie's always had more important things on her mind than smiling. Controlling her job, her home, her romantic life - and most importantly, her family - takes all her concentration. She's always succeeded, though, because that's who Kylie is.

'Until one Monday morning, when Kylie discovers the local pharmacy where she works is being taken over by a huge corporation, putting her stable job at risk. This leads to a cascade of disasters: her boyfriend is acting suspiciously and she finds herself caring for a high-maintenance Pomeranian.

'When her fiercely independent mother breaks an ankle and needs help, it's up to Kylie, as usual, to fix things. She reluctantly packs her bags, but back in her childhood home, things start to unravel. Could it be that Kylie's carefully curated life is not so perfect after all?

'Prettier if She Smiled More will make you laugh and cry with empathy and recognition and asks the question: when is it too late to start over?' (Publication summary) 

Notes

  • Author's note: For the Kylie in every family

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Hachette Australia , 2023 .
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      Extent: 400p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 29th March 2023
      ISBN: 9780733645143
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Hachette Australia , 2024 .
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      Extent: 352p.
      Note/s:
      •  Published  January 2024

      ISBN: 9780733651304
Form: audiobook
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Hachette Australia , 2023 .
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      Extent: 9 hrs and 44 minsp.
      Note/s:
      • Published 29 March 2023
      ISBN: 9780733650710

Works about this Work

Millennial Woman Lost : Three Novels about Female Identity Laura Woollett , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 454 2023; (p. 36-37)

— Review of Sad Girl Novel Pip Finkemeyer , 2023 single work novel ; Crushing Genevieve Novak , 2023 single work novel ; Prettier If She Smiled More Toni Jordan , 2023 single work novel
A Delight for Lovers of Drama Emma Harcourt , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 1-2 April 2023; (p. 24)

— Review of Prettier If She Smiled More Toni Jordan , 2023 single work novel
A Delight for Lovers of Drama Emma Harcourt , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 1-2 April 2023; (p. 24)

— Review of Prettier If She Smiled More Toni Jordan , 2023 single work novel
Millennial Woman Lost : Three Novels about Female Identity Laura Woollett , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 454 2023; (p. 36-37)

— Review of Sad Girl Novel Pip Finkemeyer , 2023 single work novel ; Crushing Genevieve Novak , 2023 single work novel ; Prettier If She Smiled More Toni Jordan , 2023 single work novel
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