Odd Socks.

Overview: Ilsa Evans lives in a partially renovated house in the Dandenongs, east of Melbourne. She has completed a PhD at Monash University on the long-term effects of domestic violence and writes fiction on the weekends. 'Sticks and Stones' is her seventh novel. Unlike her best friend Camilla Riley, compulsive list-maker Terry Diamond prides herself on her organisational abilities. Also unlike Camilla, Terry is tall, blonde, curvaceous and self-confident. However, all this doesn't stop chaos bursting into her life when her daughter not only gives birth on Terry's living-room rug but decides to move home with infant in tow. Then there are the problems Terry is having with her love life, as she realises her boyfriend - a handyman who wears pink overalls - may not even be Mr Right For Now, and falls in love at first sight with a mysterious stranger who dresses like the father in a 1950s sitcom. Will all this mayhem make the play-it-safe Terry do what she needs to do to turn her life around? Unlike her best friend Camilla Riley, compulsive list-maker Terry Diamond prides herself on her organisational abilities. Also unlike Camilla, Terry is tall blonde, self-confident, and has a chest that could stop traffic or at least do wonders for airbag design. None of the above stops chaos bursting into her life when her daughter not only gives birth on the living-room rug but decides to move home with infant in tow. Meanwhile, Terry is starting to suspect her pink-overall-wearing boyfriend may not even be Mr Right For Now especially as she has just fallen in love with a mysterious stranger. Will all this mayhem make the play-it-safe Terry do what she needs to do to turn her life around? - BOOK JACKET