Daphne is a psychiatrist living in Victoria’s western district. Among her patients is Jonathan Cullinan, a psychopath who killed his sister and writes to Myra Hindley. Away from work, Daphne is searching for the great love of her life, aided by much advice from her mother, Mariana, and high school best friend, Celeste, wife of Digby and mother of Emily and Tom.
Daphne believes love is just around the corner. There are plenty of options, from respondents to her ‘looking for love’ classified, or dates with men that Mariana finds for her. Even ponytailed advertising man Harley, who attracts women like bees to honey, might be the one. If only Daphne would listen to Mariana’s advice – which she sees as helpful, but Daphne finds overbearing.
We never hear from Daphne herself, but through emails, letters and text messages from Mariana, Celeste, Harley, Digby, Johnathan and others, we go on a hilarious journey through Daphne’s love quest – and all the other messy aspects of her life – and find out just how far Daphne will go to achieve her goal.
Sometimes love is found in unexpected places – and sometimes it’s right under your nose. This epistolary novel is clever, funny and had me laughing out loud.
Reviewed by Melinda Woledge
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