P#39;HannanP#8217;s writing glitters and fizzes and leaves the reader with an afterglow.P#39;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;KATE MILDENHALLPlt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;bPgt;P#39;A joy to read.P#39;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;BOOKS + PUBLISHINGPlt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;bPgt;When Leslie McDonald wins a trip to Las Vegas, an absurd holiday becomes a pilgrimage; one that leads her back to joy, back to herself, and to the astonishing realisation that her life still belongs to Plt;/bPgt;Plt;iPgt;herPlt;/iPgt;Plt;bPgt;.Plt;/bPgt; Leslie had felt for some time that life was a series of things that just happened to her. When her physiotherapist husband dumps her for a woman with superior posture, she finds herself lost without a map.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt; A ticket out of her misery comes in the form of an all-expenses paid trip to the bright lights of Las Vegas.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt; Wonder, Leslie discovers, can be found in the most unexpected of places. Soon she falls in love with the beauty of the desert, its art and its people P#8211; and finds her way back to herself.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt; Plt;iPgt;I Love the Whole World!Plt;/iPgt; is a celebration of life and self. Hilarious, joyous and beautifully observed, it is a novel about friendship, ageing and the extra/ordinary act of deciding to begin again.

Details

ISBN13: 9781761359934
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of Pages: 224
Edition:
Publication Date: 11 Aug 2026
Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia
Publication City, Country: Hawthorn, Australia
Dimensions (cm): 23.3(H)x15.3(L)x1.7(W)286
Weight (gm): 286

Author Biography

Victoria Hannan is a photographer and writer who lives in Melbourne/Naarm. Her previous novels are Plt;iPgt;Kokomo Plt;/iPgt;and Plt;iPgt;MarshmallowPlt;/iPgt;.

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