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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)
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Addition ( 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.
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Dedication: To Robert Luke Stanley-Turner/ Sanx
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Reading Group Guide available through the Text Publishing website.
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Featured by the BIG Book Club, South Australia, April 2008.
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Addition was selected as one of the eight featured books on the 2008 'Richard & Judy' Summer Read list in the United Kingdom.
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Voted number four by members of the public in the State Library of Victoria's 2008 Summer Read program.
Affiliation Notes
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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
Other Formats
- Large print.
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Australian Leading Ladies’ Charge
2015
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— 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
2014
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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
2010
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— Appears in: Booklover Book Reviews 2010;
— Review of Addition 2008 single work novel -
'Addition' Film Rights Sold
2010
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— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , November vol. 90 no. 4 2010; (p. 14) -
Breach in Orthodoxy Signals Praise for Author
2009
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— Appears in: The Age , 13 March 2009; (p. 7)
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Count the Ways Numbers Can Rule a Life
2008
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review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2-3 February 2008; (p. 32)
— Review of Addition 2008 single work novel -
More Than the Sum of Her Oddities
2008
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review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 February 2008; (p. 12)
— Review of Addition 2008 single work novel -
Up for the Count
2008
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 2 - 3 February 2008; (p. 30-32)
— Review of Addition 2008 single work novel -
Counting on Life
2008
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review
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 17 February 2008; (p. 18)
— Review of Addition 2008 single work novel -
Counting Up a Fine Romance
2008
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review
— Appears in: The Age , 23 February 2008; (p. 25)
— Review of Addition 2008 single work novel ; Vinyl Inside 2007 single work novel -
A Romance That Counts
2008
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26-27 January 2008; (p. 30-31) -
Quality that Counts
2008
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biography
— Appears in: The Age , 2 February 2008; (p. 24-25) -
The Face : Toni Jordan : Novelist
2008
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— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2-3 February 2008; (p. 3) -
A Measure of Obsession
2008
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— Appears in: The Advertiser , 5 April 2008; (p. 54) -
A Novel Form of Work
2008
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 12 - 13 April 2008; (p. 23)
Awards
- 2009 shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — International Success Award
- 2009 longlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award
- 2009 shortlisted Barbara Jefferis Award
- 2008 shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Australian General Fiction Book of the Year
- 2008 inaugural winner Indie Awards — Debut Fiction
- Glen Iris, South Yarra - Glen Iris area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,
- Melbourne, Victoria,
- 2000s