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Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 Addition
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'Grace counts. The letters in her name, Grace Lisa Vandenberg (19). The steps she takes every morning to the local cafe (920); the number of poppy seeds on her slice of orange cake, which dictates the number of bites she'll take to finish it. Grace counts everything, because numbers hold the world together, and Grace needs to keep an eye on how they're doing. Seamus Joseph O'Reilly (also a 19, with the sexiest hands Grace has ever seen) thinks Grace might be better off without the counting. If she could hold down a job, say. Or leave her flat without enumerating the contents of her cupboards or make a sandwich containing an unknown number of sprouts.

Grace's problem is that Seamus doesn't count. Her other problem is ... he does.' (Publisher's blurb)

Adaptations

form y separately published work icon Addition Becca Johnstone , ( dir. Marcelle Lunam ) Australia : Buon Giorno Productions Made Up Stories , 2024 27675842 2024 single work film/TV

'A romantic comedy about accepting who you are and celebrating the things in life that really count.'

Source: Screen Australia.

Notes

  • Dedication: To Robert Luke Stanley-Turner/ Sanx
  • Reading Group Guide available through the Text Publishing website.
  • Featured by the BIG Book Club, South Australia, April 2008.
  • Addition was selected as one of the eight featured books on the 2008 'Richard & Judy' Summer Read list in the United Kingdom.
  • Voted number four by members of the public in the State Library of Victoria's 2008 Summer Read program.

Affiliation Notes

  • Writing Disability in Australia

    Type of disability Obsessive-compulsive disorder.
    Type of character Primary
    Point of view First person.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Text Publishing , 2008 .
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      Extent: 218p.
      Description: illus., port.
      Note/s:
      • Includes acknowledgments p.218
      ISBN: 9781921351242 (pbk.)
    • London,
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      England,
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      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Sceptre ,
      2008 .
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      This image has been sourced from Goodreads.
      Extent: 243p.
      ISBN: 9780340963777
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,
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      William Morrow ,
      2008 .
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      This image has been sourced from Goodreads.
      Extent: viii, 258pp.
      Note/s:
      • Published February 3rd 2008
      ISBN: 9780061582578
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Text Publishing , 2009 .
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      Extent: 256p.
      Note/s:
      • Published March 2nd 2009
      ISBN: 9781921520273
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      William Morrow ,
      2010 .
      image of person or book cover 86526587203982539.jpg
      This image has been sourced from Goodreads.
      Extent: 262p.
      Note/s:
      • Published February 2nd 2010
      ISBN: 9780061582585
Alternative title: Alles telt
Language: Dutch
    • Amsterdam,
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      Netherlands,
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      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Artemis & Co ,
      2008 .
      image of person or book cover 7129275507010583911.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 217p.p.
      Reprinted: 2009 (second ed.)
      ISBN: 9789047200505, 9047200500

Works about this Work

Australian Leading Ladies’ Charge Garry Maddox , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27 March 2015; (p. 32)
‘Driven by Tens’ : Obsession and Cognitive Difference in Toni Jordan’s Romantic Comedy Addition Rachel Robertson , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Journal of Popular Culture , September vol. 3 no. 3 2014; (p. 311-320)
'This article explores how contemporary romance can represent cognitive disability through a critical analysis of the representation of cognitive difference in the romantic comedy Addition by Australian author Toni Jordan. I argue that the novel presents a non-stereotypical representation of a protagonist with a cognitive disability who is still able to participate in a love relationship while experiencing significant impairment. I argue that such works of popular romantic fiction can act to challenge negative stereotypes around mental illness and encourage readers to reflect on their own beliefs and attitudes.' (Publication abstract)
Book Review – Addition by Toni Jordan Joanne Peulen , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Booklover Book Reviews 2010;

— Review of Addition Toni Jordan , 2008 single work novel
'Addition' Film Rights Sold 2010 single work column
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , November vol. 90 no. 4 2010; (p. 14)
Breach in Orthodoxy Signals Praise for Author Jason Steger , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 13 March 2009; (p. 7)
Count the Ways Numbers Can Rule a Life Claire Scobie , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2-3 February 2008; (p. 32)

— Review of Addition Toni Jordan , 2008 single work novel
More Than the Sum of Her Oddities Ronni Phillips , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 February 2008; (p. 12)

— Review of Addition Toni Jordan , 2008 single work novel
Up for the Count Amanda Watt , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 2 - 3 February 2008; (p. 30-32)

— Review of Addition Toni Jordan , 2008 single work novel
Counting on Life Lucy Clark , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 17 February 2008; (p. 18)

— Review of Addition Toni Jordan , 2008 single work novel
Counting Up a Fine Romance Michael McGirr , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 23 February 2008; (p. 25)

— Review of Addition Toni Jordan , 2008 single work novel ; Vinyl Inside Rachel Matthews , 2007 single work novel
A Romance That Counts Fiona Gruber , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26-27 January 2008; (p. 30-31)
Quality that Counts Fiona Gruber , 2008 single work biography
— Appears in: The Age , 2 February 2008; (p. 24-25)
The Face : Toni Jordan : Novelist Lauren Wilson , 2008 single work biography
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2-3 February 2008; (p. 3)
A Measure of Obsession Deborah Bogle , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 5 April 2008; (p. 54)
A Novel Form of Work Toni Jordan , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 12 - 13 April 2008; (p. 23)
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