Ten years have passed since Jon Marshall’s footloose bachelor days. He’s now a partner in his own medical practice, drives a Beemer and lives in the right part of town. But things haven’t always been so good for him and life certainly hasn’t taken the path he thought it would when he was young.
Jon now has a baby, Lily (affectionately known as ‘the Bean’). Juggling the demands of single fatherhood, negotiating dating etiquette with a ‘coffee friend’ who shares her email address with her cat, and mastering the fine art of nappy-origami, Jon is on a steep learning curve. Enter Ash! Between her and the Bean, Jon begins to find the true meaning of love.
Adapted by Janis Balodis from Nick Earls’ novel, Perfect Skin is a witty, moving and highly original snapshot of what it is to be thirty-something in a post-Duran Duran world.
Praise for the novel:
‘One of the few Australian Generation-X novels to have made me roll around laughing’ —The Bulletin
‘Resonates with social faux pas, acute observation, well-drawn characters and an edifying humour’ —Sydney Morning Herald
