Prettier If She Smiled More

Prettier If She Smiled More

Toni Jordan

400 pages

As the eldest child in a single-parent family, Kylieโ€™s always had more important things on her mind than smiling. Controlling her job, her home, her romantic life โ€” and most importantly, her family โ€” takes all her concentration. Sheโ€™s always succeeded, though, because thatโ€™s who Kylie is.

Until one Monday morning, when Kylie discovers the local pharmacy where she works is being taken over by a huge corporation, putting her stable job at risk. This leads to a cascade of disasters: her boyfriend is acting suspiciously and she finds herself caring for a high-maintenance Pomeranian.

When her fiercely independent mother breaks an ankle and needs help, itโ€™s up to Kylie, as usual, to fix things. She reluctantly packs her bags, but back in her childhood home, things start to unravel. Could it be that Kylieโ€™s carefully curated life is not so perfect after all?

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"You'll laugh, you'll cry - this is a book for anyone who has struggled with facing their fears, embracing change, and with figuring out how to make this whole 'life' thing work!" 

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Zuzanna Brzezinska

Zuzanna joined Tandem after a decade spent in the publishing industry, working as a literary agent with the Big Five publishing group, small presses, and publishing houses around the world. She loves working closely with readers, gushing over beautiful writing, and will read any fantasy and sci-fi that she can get her hands on - the more obscure and under-appreciated, the better.

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