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Dear Mrs. McInerney,
Since it doesn’t look like I’m going to get to Australia any time soon, your book will have to serve as a travelogue of sorts. The Australian Tourism Board can use it as a reason why people should fold themselves into tiny airplane seats for an ungodly number of hours. Screw the koalas, people should read “Upside Down Inside Out” to prime them for a visit Down Under and to watch two nice people fall in love.
When I read the back blurb, I had visions of Aussie Chick Lit which thankfully this book isn’t. One reason I’m getting tired of the traditional CL style is the pratfall laughs. Let’s watch the heroine make a cake of herself preferably in her undies! No, not so much my humor style anymore and not what’s found here. I enjoyed the subtle, gentle humor sprinkled throughout the story. And the fact that both Eva and Joe can take a joke as well as dish one out.
I loved the chance to “see” Dublin, the Irish countryside, Melbourne and South Australia. I take it you’ve had the - ahem - pleasure …
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