Watermelon: The riotously funny and tender novel from the million-copy bestseller (Walsh Family)

Watermelon: The riotously funny and tender novel from the million-copy bestseller (Walsh Family)

by Marian Keyes (Author)

Synopsis

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 described 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. Right for who exactly? Exhausted, tearful and tiny bit furious, Claire can't think what to do. So she follows the instincts of all self-respecting adults in tricky situations. . . . And runs home to Mum and Dad. But while her parents are sympathetic, Claire's younger sisters are less so. Helen wants to share the new toy (she means baby Kate). While Anna is too busy having out-of-her-head experiences. So when James slips back into her life, desperate to put things right, Claire doesn't know whether to take a chance on a past she'd feared she'd lost for ever or face an uncertain future on her own. But is she as on her own as she really believes? 'A warm and hilarious page turner' Good Housekeeping 'Reading a novel by Marian Keyes is like sitting at the kitchen table with your nicest, most confiding friend.' Daily Mail 'Gloriously funny' The Sunday Times 'Funny but poignant' Marie Claire 'When it comes to writing page-turners that put a smile on your face and make you think, Keyes is in a class of her own' Daily Express

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 560
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 06 Jul 2017

ISBN 10: 1405934379
ISBN 13: 9781405934374
Book Overview: The hilarious, poignant and insightful first novel from the now world-wide bestselling author.

Media Reviews
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 *
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 *
A modern fairy tale, it's full of Keyes's self-deprecating wit * The Sunday Mirror *
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.