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Dinner at Rose's

By Danielle Hawkins
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Dinner at Rose's tells the story of Jo, who, after experiencing a traumatic event, returns to her home town to heal. She reconnects with her aunt Rose and her life in rural New Zealand, where she rediscovers the comfort of familiar faces and places. In the heart of this small town, Jo learns new lessons about love, resilience, and the importance of family and community support.
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You might enjoy this book if you're drawn to heartwarming stories about life's unexpected twists, filled with humour, romance, and resilience. With its charming depiction of small-town life and relatable characters, this General Fiction piece offers an engaging escape into a world of friendship and new beginnings.

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A beautifully written, funny, intelligent and heartwarming novel about a young woman who leaves the city for her home town where she falls in love with a wonderful man - and does much more besides.

A beautifully written, funny, intelligent and heartwarming novel about a young woman who leaves the city for her home town where she falls in love with a wonderful man - and does much more besides.

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In the wake of an unfortunate best-friend-and-boyfriend-caught-having-sex-in-a-chair incident, Jo Donnelly flees her civilised city life to take up a temporary job at the physiotherapy clinic in her small hometown. Jo is ineptly assisted at work by a receptionist who divides her time between nail care and surfing the internet.

Meanwhile, her new flatmate is a joyless couch potato who hogs the TV and is vigilant in her quest to prevent excessive electricity consumption. Life would seem a bit grim if not for Jo's eccentric honorary Aunty Rose, who lives up the valley with her pet piglet, four dogs, and two sheep.

Rose was a wise and infinitely patient friend to both Jo and her bona fide nephew, Matthew, while they were growing up. And when Rose is hit by illness, Jo moves in to look after her, while Matt helps out as much as his farming duties allow. But illness aside, it's not long before the mischievous Rose is playing cupid...

Dinner at Rose's is an utterly charming, funny, insightful novel of friendship and love.

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Dinner at Rose's by Danielle Hawkins is praised for being a funny, charming, and warm romance, making it into the Herald Sun's Top 20 Books of 2012.

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ISBN: 9781743315576

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 24 April 2013

Country: Australia

Imprint: Allen & Unwin

Edition: Main

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 31.0mm

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 189.0mm

Weight: 374g

Pages: 416

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About the Author

Danielle Hawkins grew up on a sheep and beef farm near Otorohanga in New Zealand, and later studied veterinary science. After graduating as a vet she met a very nice dairy farmer who became her husband and switched to sheep farming. Danielle spends two days per week working as a large animal vet and the other five as housekeeper, cook and general dogsbody. She has two small children - and when she is very lucky they nap simultaneously and she can write things.

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