The Other Side of the Story

The Other Side of the Story

British Book Awards Author of the Year 2022

Summary

*** 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

Reviews

  • 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

About the author

Marian Keyes

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 previous novels, Marian has also written three collections of journalism, upon which hit BBC Radio 4 show Between Ourselves was based. Marian co-hosts the popular show Now You’re Asking with actress Tara Flynn for BBC Radio 4. In 2022, she was named the British Book Awards Author of the Year.

Marian lives in Dún Laoghaire, Dublin. My Favourite Mistake is her sixteenth novel.
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