Making It Up As I Go Along: British Book Awards Author of the Year 2022

Making It Up As I Go Along: British Book Awards Author of the Year 2022

by Marian Keyes (Author)

Synopsis

Laugh your socks off with this hilarious collection of tales, observations and flights of fancy from the funniest woman in print, bestselling author Marian Keyes Welcome to the magnificent Making It Up as I Go Along - aka the World According to Marian Keyes (TM) - A bold and brilliant collection of Marian's hilarious and often heartfelt observations on modern life, love and everything in between. From a guide to breaking up with your hairdresser to entering the fifties-zone, the joys of her nail varnish museum to singing her way through insomnia, Marian will have you laughing with delight and gasping with recognition throughout - because at the end of the day, each and every one of us is clearly making it up as we go along. 'Never far from barmy, always warm and real. But in the interstices of fun and frippery comes a sincere clarity. At times she is the darkest of light writers' Daily Telegraph 'Keyes manages to verbalize the most mundane of universal experiences and somehow make them funny . . .' Sunday Tribune 'A hilarious, sympathetic read' Hello! 'Packed with hilarious, sharp-eyed observations on life, love and everything else' Woman & Home 'Will make you laugh, cry and feel less alone. Fabulous' Good Housekeeping

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 496
Edition: 1
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 06 Oct 2016

ISBN 10: 1405922079
ISBN 13: 9781405922074
Book Overview: Welcome to the magnificent Making It Up As I Go Along - aka the World According to Marian KeyesO - a bold and brilliant collection of Marian's hilarious and often heartfelt observations on modern life, love and everything in between.

Media Reviews
Laugh your socks off with this hilarious collection of tales, observations and flights of fancy from the funniest woman in print, bestselling author Marian Keyes * from the publisher's decription *
Welcome to the magnificent Making It Up as I Go Along - aka the World According to Marian Keyes (TM) - A bold and brilliant collection of Marian's hilarious and often heartfelt observations on modern life, love and everything in between. * from the publisher's description *
Will make you laugh, cry and feel less alone. Fabulous * Good Housekeeping *
Never far from barmy, always warm and real. But in the interstices of fun and frippery comes a sincere clarity. At times she is the darkest of light writers * Daily Telegraph *
Keyes manages to verbalize the most mundane of universal experiences and somehow make them funny . . . * Sunday Tribune *
A hilarious, sympathetic read * Hello! *
Packed with hilarious, sharp-eyed observations on life, love and everything else * Woman & Home *
Will make you laugh out loud * Sun *
Author Bio
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 and The Woman Who Stole My Life. 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.