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My Favourite Mistake

British Book Awards Author of the Year 2022

Anybody Out There

Again, Rachel

Rachel's Holiday

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The Thursday Murder Club

An absorbing page-turner from Sunday Times bestselling author Marian Keyes

Grown Ups

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The Woman Who Stole My Life

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The Other Side of the Story

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Keyes's genius lies in making the darkest, most difficult aspects of humanity mentionable and manageable . . . Keyes's plot is cracking, but the story becomes even bolder and brighter because she lets her characters tell it

Another chart-topping blockbuster from goddess Marian Keyes . . . packed with sound writing, wit and common sense

Wildly funny, romantic and nearly impossible to put down

'A wonderful, subtle, hilarious and highly sophisticated novel' Evening Standard 
 
The agent: Jojo, a high-flying literary agent on the up, has just made a very bad career move: she's jumped into bed with her married boss, Mark ... 
 
The bestseller: Jojo's sweet-natured client Lily's first novel is a roaring success. She and lover Anton celebrate by spending the advance for her second book. Then she gets writer's block ... 
 
The unknown: Gemma used to be Lily's best friend - until Lily 'stole' Anton. Now she's writing her own story - painfully and hilariously - when supershark Jojo stumbles across it ... 
 
Three girls hoping and sometimes needing to make it big in the publishing world. But did anybody ever tell them that there's always another side to every story?

*** CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS AUTHOR OF THE YEAR 2022*** 
 
Step into the lives of three women whose ambitions collide in the hilarious and heart-warming novel from the No. 1 bestselling author of Grown Ups 
 
'Wonderful, subtle, hilarious and highly sophisticated. You can't stop reading' EVENING STANDARD 
 
'It had me in tears . . . and barking with laughter' DAILY TELEGRAPH 
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'There are three sides to every story. Your side, their side, and the truth . . .' 
 
Jojo, a sharkish literary agent, has just made a very bad career move - she's slept with her married boss Mark. 
 
Lily, Jojo's bestselling author, has blown her advance on a house with new boyfriend Anton, only to come down with writer's block. 
 
Gemma used to be Lily's best friend until Lily ran off with Anton. Now she's pouring her heart out, and a certain literary agent likes her style . . . 
 
Soon the fortunes of Jojo, Lily and Gemma are horribly entangled. 
 
But each is about to discover that there's more than one side to every story . . . 
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'Keyes's genius lies in making the darkest, most difficult aspects of humanity mentionable and manageable . . . Keyes's plot is cracking, but the story becomes even bolder and brighter because she lets her characters tell it' Independent 
 
'Packed with sound writing, wit and common sense' Guardian 
 
Praise for Marian Keyes: 
 
'Mercilessly funny' The Times 
 
'Funny, tender and completely absorbing!' Graham Norton 
 
'Keyes is in a class of her own' Daily Express 
 
Winner of 'Author of the Year' at the British Book Awards May 2022

The Other Side of the Story

British Book Awards Author of the Year 2022

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Keyes's genius lies in making the darkest, most difficult aspects of humanity mentionable and manageable . . . Keyes's plot is cracking, but the story becomes even bolder and brighter because she lets her characters tell it

Another chart-topping blockbuster from goddess Marian Keyes . . . packed with sound writing, wit and common sense

Fabulously brilliant

Wildly funny, romantic and nearly impossible to put down

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