Please join us for a chat with author Meredith Jaffe and our Hayley at our WAUCHOPE Library on Saturday 12th September at 10.30am.
Meredith Jaffé is the author of five adult novels, including The Dressmakers of Yarrandarrah Prison, which was twice voted into the Better Reading Top 100 and is currently optioned for television. A former literary editor of The Hoopla, she was also the co-founder and director of StoryFest held on the NSW South Coast and is a seasoned writers’ festival facilitator. Her latest novel, The Importance of Being Delia, is a witty and poignant exploration of the lives of women who have spent a lifetime sacrificing themselves on the altar and love and are finally ready to reclaim their own identity.
The Importance of Being Delia
From the bestselling author of The Dressmakers of Yarrandarrah Prison comes a vivid, cosy drama teeming with suburban secrets. For more than 30 years, Delia Watson was the silent engine behind her husband Charlie’s glittering music career – the perfect wife, the reliable rock. Now retired, she is ready for leisure. The universe, however, has other plans.
Trapped cat-sitting a loathsome feline in the deceptive calm of Pretty Point, Delia’s patience snaps when a cryptic letter arrives from a stranger. Charlie claims ignorance, but Delia knows he is lying. She is done playing nice.
Aided by the formidable ladies of the bridge club, Delia uncovers a sordid mystery lurking beneath the suburb’s superficial charms. With a missing cat, a furious husband, and a mother-in-law threatening police action, Delia faces a tangle of greed, ambition, and betrayal where even the dead have stories to tell. It is time for the silent partner to finally make some noise.
