Anybody Out There?

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Unfortunately, her family have other ideas. She’s staying put. And Aiden? Well he’s refusing to even take her calls.

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Try The Other Side of the Story or rather than taking the plunge straight away, you may want to get a feel for Marian Keyes and read a collection of her newspaper articles, in Under The Duvet. Otherwise you may enjoy Notting Hell by Rachel Johnson or The Nanny. Searingly insightful, and Keyes finds lightness in the darkest and most violent of emotions Independent Lying in her parents' Good Front Room, covered in bandages, Anna dreams of leaving Dublin and returning to her beloved New York.

Amidst the laughter and jokes though is a very serious tale of grief and loss. How do you move on with your life when your husband is taken from you so suddenly and horrifically? I found some parts quite difficult to read as the emotion was so raw, reading the description of the accident and immediate aftermath in hospital when Anna is told Aidan is dead was so sad, I just couldn’t help but cry, which is a little awkward when you’re sat in a crowded A&E waiting room waiting to be seen! She tried to march in briskly, like nurses she’d seen on hospital dramas, but there was so much furniture in the room that instead she had to wrestle her way towards me. But her family have other ideas. And mysteriously, Aiden seems unwilling to get in touch. Anna is puzzled. What could have happened to her marriage to the man that she would do anything for, that he won't call her? Anna tries her best to get on with things, even being chosen to head up a new account at work but when she receives a letter from Aidan’s ex-girlfriend, Janie, containing a picture of a young boy who is obviously Aidan’s son, she completely loses it and tries to find someone to have sex with to take her anger out on Aidan, thinking Aidan must have cheated on her with Janie. On reading the letter she realises that actually Janie became pregnant before Aidan and her were exclusive.

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Anna Walsh is covered in bandages and lying in her parents’ Good Front Room. She’s dreaming of leaving Dublin and returning to New York. And indeed, there was something inside: a photograph…Why was I being sent this? I already had loads…Then I saw that I was wrong. It wasn’t him at all. And suddenly I understood everything.

It will break your heart and nourish your soul...No one can evoke deep feeling with such a light touch as Marian Keyes Nigella Lawson Keyes at her best: capturing everyday voices with humour and empathy with writing that you'll devour in a weekend. Just pure and simple joy Stylist Dear Jesus,” a voice said. It was my sister Helen, home from a night’s work. She stood in the doorway of the sitting room, looked around at all the tassels, and asked, “How can you stand it?”

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Lucy Sullivan, the eponymous heroine of Irish writer Keyes's second offbeat romantic comedy to be published in the U.S. (after Watermelon), fancies herself simultaneously miserable and happy. A Continue reading » Please yourself,’ Helen said, then gazed through the binoculars and murmured, ‘Good Christ, would you look at that!’ Then, ‘Buh-loody hell ! Ding-dong! What are they trying to do? A Jolly Girl tonsil ectomy?’ Marian Keyes is a phenomenon. The multimillion copy, internationally bestselling author of some of the most widely loved, genre-defying novels of the past thirty years - including Rachel's Holiday, Anybody Out THere and Grown Ups - has millions of devoted readers around the world. In addition to her fifteen novels, Marian has also written two collections of journalism, upon which the recent hit BBC Radio 4 show Between Ourselves is based.Okay, missy.” Mum had never called me “missy” before all of this. “Take these.” She tipped a handful of pills into my mouth and passed me a glass of water. She was very kind really, even if I suspected she was just acting out a part.