GRACE'S TABLE

Grace’s Table is a moving and often funny novel about the power of memory and the family rituals that define us.

Grace has not had twelve people at her table for a long time. Hers isn’t the kind of family who share regular Sunday meals. But it isn’t every day you turn seventy.

As Grace prepares the feast, she reflects on her life, her marriage and her friendships. When the three generations come together, simmering tensions from the past threaten to boil over. The one thing that no one can talk about is the one thing that no one can forget.

Sally Piper is a former nurse and lived in the UK for nine years before returning to Brisbane to complete a Postgraduate Diploma and Master’s Degree in Creative Writing at QUT, where she was supervised by Kristina Olsson. She had a story selected in the first One Book Many Brisbanes anthology in 2006. Grace’s Table was shortlisted in the 2011 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards - Emerging Queensland Author category. She has had short stories, poetry and non-fiction articles published in Australia and the UK, appearing in writing journals, literary magazines and The Weekend Australian. She currently lives in Brisbane with her husband and two sons.