The View from the Balcony

Three women and the healing power of friendship, an uplifting story for readers of Rachael Johns and Joanna Nell.

A heartwarming and evocative novel of love, friendship and family, where hope overcomes all - even terrible hospital coffee.

Andie has no memory of the man who pushed her out of the way of a speeding car. A week before Coral's biggest career highlight, her mum has a fall. And the last thing Mara wants is to be assigned to work at the hospital bedside of the much-despised senior partner of her law firm.

Andie, Coral and Mara become the daily visitors to the three patients at the end of East Wing at Hepburn House Rehabilitation Hospital. The balcony that connects the three rooms provides an oasis, a healing place, but more than that, too: a place where their lives will interconnect and never be quite the same again...

Praise for The View from the Balcony

'I loved this celebration of strength, sisterhood and the power within us to change the things we can. A powerful, nuanced story.' Amanda Hampson

About the Author

Janette Paul is an internationally published author of contemporary women's fiction and romantic comedy, and is the alter ego of award-winning suspense author Jaye Ford. Her first novel won two Davitt Awards for Australian women crime writers and her books have been translated into nine languages. She is a former news and sport journalist, was the first woman to host a live national sport show on Australian TV and ran her own public relations consultancy before turning to fiction. She now writes from her home in Newcastle, New South Wales.