Add This Book to Your To-Do List: Read an Extract from The Disorganisation of Celia Stone by Emma Young

Add This Book to Your To-Do List: Read an Extract from The Disorganisation of Celia Stone by Emma Young

Life really doesn’t get any better than a lovely sunny New Year’s brunch with my husband, Diary; unless, that is, it’s a lovely sunny brunch producing a really solid, actionable set of meeting minutes.

Jes looked a bit resigned when I got out my notebook, printouts and refillable ballpoint, pushing aside my long black to make room, but made no protest apart from saying, ‘I thought you don’t believe in New Year’s resolutions.’

‘I agree the traditional form of New Year’s resolution is largely useless,’ I said.

‘But people who leave it at that are equal cop-outs to the people who make their resolutions only to immediately break them and go back to their old ways. In fact, I sympathise more with the people who made and broke their resolutions. At least they had some positive energy.’

‘Right,’ said Jes. He finished the remaining two-thirds of his flat white in one gulp and gestured for another to the waiter, who nodded across the crowd. I decided not to tell Jes that having so much milk and caffeine before his meal was going to destroy his appetite and that he should drink more mindfully. He looked a bit hungover, and I should be chill about this sort of thing during the holidays. I pressed on with my point instead…

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        Publisher details

        The Disorganisation of Celia Stone
        Author
        Emma Young
        Publisher
        Fremantle Press
        Genre
        Fiction
        Released
        29 August, 2023
        ISBN
        9781760992040

        Synopsis

        Every woman should have this book on their to-do list.

        Meet Celia Stone, the ultimate hyper-organised, journal-obsessed thirty-something with a life that is perfectly planned out and running like clockwork. From her promising writing career to her devoted partner and rigorous fitness routine, Celia has it all – and she’s right on track with her early retirement plan. But when her husband suggests it’s time to start a family, Celia begins to question whether a new addition might just throw off-course everything she’s worked so hard to achieve. Follow Celia’s diary entries on a year-long journey of self-discovery as she navigates the ups and downs of trying to have it all.

        Emma Young
        About the author

        Emma Young

        After five years in bookselling, Emma retrained as a journalist and has been reporting since 2011: first for community papers, then as a statewide digital journalist for WAtoday. Her work also regularly appears in sister publications the Age and the Sydney Morning HeraldThe Last Bookshop was shortlisted for the inaugural Fogarty Literary Award in 2019.

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