Grace Notes

Jenny Pattrick

It is the 1990s. Letter-writing is about to give way to email, but elderly Grace will resist the trend. Through letters and stories, we learn of her friendships, interactions at the argumentative bowling club, her growing attraction to and relationship with Max, and the jealousy this engenders in her closest friend, Mildred. As the story unfolds, Grace faces new challenges: the problems of younger people invade her solitary life. Grace touches the lives of many with her warmth, her feistiness, her intelligence, and her frailty.

Starting life as a popular radio series, this is another compelling novel from bestselling author Jenny Pattrick.

Jenny Pattrick

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Annelies van de Poel

Jenny Pattrick is a writer and jeweller who lives in Wellington, New Zealand. She has written fiction and commentary for radio, and, with her musician husband, Laughton, songs and musical shows for children.

The Denniston Rose, which was her first novel, has never left the New Zealand bestseller lists since it was published in 2003, and has been voted one of the top 100 books in the world by Whitcoulls readers.

Jenny Pattrick has since published the sequel, Heart of Coal; a spin-off, Catching the Current; and a contemporary novel, Grace Notes (all published by Scribe).

Website: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk2bFebOza8