The hilarious, poignant and insightful first novel from the now world-wide bestselling author.
Marian Keyes is the international bestselling author of Watermelon, Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married, Rachel's Holiday, Last Chance Saloon, Sushi for Beginners, Angels, The Other Side of the Story, Anybody Out There, This Charming Man, The Brightest Star in the Sky, The Mystery of Mercy Close, The Woman Who Stole My Life, The Break and Grown Ups. Her journalism, collected under two titles, Making It Up As I Go Along and Under the Duvet- Deluxe Edition, containing the original publications Under the Duvet and Further Under the Duvet, are also available from Penguin. Marian lives in Dublin with her husband.
Watermelon, Marian Keyes's very first novel, tells the extremely
funny and wonderfully touching tale of a woman who thought she had
it all - until the day she discovers that it's all gone . . .
'Failed relationships can be describe as so much wasted makeup .
. .'
On the day she gives birth to her first child, Claire Walsh's
husband James tells her he's been having an affair and now's the
right time to leave her.* from the publisher's description *
Keyes gives popular fiction a good name * Independent on Sunday
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Full of twists and turns, with warmth and humour on every page, it
doesn't disappoint * Closer *
A smart new drama from the awesome Marian Keyes * Heat *
Not only is it a great story with funny, loveable characters, it
made me laugh out loud * Stylist *
Keyes manages to have you alternately blubbing and belly-laughing
to the final page * Company *
One of those rare books that will swallow up your day without
realising it. Romantic and uplifting it won't fail to put a smile
on your face. Marian Keyes is back to her best * The Daily Express
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A modern fairy tale, it's full of Keyes's self-deprecating wit *
The Sunday Mirror *
One of the 40 books to read before you're 40. Pure craic * Image
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So fresh . . . a story about a world I really recognised -- Sophie
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