The Best Kind of Beautiful
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To Trent Dalton, who is always kind in word and deed. Thank you, Trent, for reading my book while you are possibly the busiest boy in the universe. Chancer. Journeyman. Gentleman.
There would be no book at all without Andrea, Pauline, Rebecca, Kirsten, Alison, Meg, Susan, Vanessa, Nicola, Justine, Emma, Patricia, Kate, Julie, Karen, Holly, Trish, Nuwani, Amber, Achini, Anthea, Zoy, Sally, Marina, Louise, Marg, and Marleni, because all of these women helped, in some way, to complete this book you are holding. And please forgive me if I have omitted someone.
Thanks to my family, and John’s, for ongoing and appreciated support.
And thank you to John, lovely, stalwart friend and husband, for keeping me upright all these years, and for all the tea!
Thank you to Max and Tallulah for keeping me on my toes! You are, always have been, and always will be my best kind of beautiful.
About Frances Whiting
Frances Whiting is an award-winning Australian author, journalist and columnist. She is a senior feature writer for QWeekend magazine in the Courier-Mail, and her Sunday News Limited column has been delighting readers for twenty-three years. Words have been delighting her for much longer than that.
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First published 2019 in Pan by Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd
1 Market Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2000
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