Title: Nine Days (Keywords) and Author: Toni Jordan (Keywords)

It is 1939 and although Australia is about to go to war, it doesn’t quite realise yet that the situation is serious. Deep in the working-class Melbourne suburb of Richmond it is business—your own and everyone else’s—as usual. And young Kip Westaway, failed scholar and stablehand, is living the mo...

It is 1939 and although Australia is about to go to war, it doesn’t quite realise yet that the situation is serious. Deep in the working-class Melbourne suburb of Richmond it is business – your own and everyone else’s – as usual. And young Kip Westaway, failed scholar and stablehand, is living th...

One family. Nine momentous days. An unforgettable novel of love and folly and heartbreak. Winner, Independent Booksellers of Australia Award for Best Fiction, 2013. Kirkus Reviews, Best Historical Fiction list, 2013. It is 1939 and although Australia is about to go to war, it doesn't quite r...