Five Ways is a junction of streets in Paddington, Sydney, NSW Australia. In the centre of this junction you have five ways that you can go. Joanne Southlake stood in the centre of Five Ways looking to find her direction; she was looking for the right way to go.
Joanne Southlake, 33-24-34. These aren't her measurements – this is her life. She's 33 years old. She lives at 24 Heart Street, Paddington (she moved there because she loved its name). She has one and 33 years to live, she thinks. Jo's blog describes her sometimes single fantastic at her job always on time easily heartbroken thoroughly committed. Just what Jo is committed to, well she’s unsure.
Jo’s world is moving, involved and strange. She has a hip job, people who love her; a guy and a girl. She also has a caring but crazy family. She wants something; she’s unsure what it is. People take her in directions that she thinks might work, but when she is about to make a decision that will change her life, something extraordinary happens. She gets??????
A fun novelette about making decisions at the crossroads of life. Jo Southlake is at the roundabout of life at 33 and is forced to make a decision between two lovers, two directions and two destinies. In this refreshingly original and comical look at life's demands on us, family and commitment Rob Kennedy explores these relationships with candour, humour and compassion in a straightforward prose style that keeps you guessing right until the end about which way she'll go. A thoroughly enjoyable read.