Anybody Out There: British Book Awards Author of the Year 2022 (Walsh Family) - Softcover

Keyes, Marian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0241958466 ISBN 13: 9780241958469

Publisher: Penguin, 2012

Synopsis

Anna Walsh needs her old life back: her home, her glamorous career and above all the love of her life, her husband Aidan. But what has driven her so far from everything she loves?

'I'd lost my place in the in the universe. It had closed up and there was nowhere for me to be. I was more lost than I had known it was possible for any human to be . . .'

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.

To her home. To her job. And most of all to her husband Aidan.

Unfortunately, her family have other ideas. She's staying put. And Aidan? Well he's refusing to even take her calls.
What has pushed Anna so far from everything that she loves? Is she the only one who can put it all right? And if not, who is?

'Keyes writes brilliantly, as always, about love, grief, jealously and friendship' Daily Mail

'A wonderful, subtle, hilarious and highly sophisticated novel' Evening Standard

'High quality entertainment' Marie Claire

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Review:

Anna Walsh needs her old life back: her home, her glamorous career and above all the love of her life, her husband Aidan. But what has driven her so far from everything she loves?

'I'd lost my place in the in the universe. It had closed up and there was nowhere for me to be. I was more lost than I had known it was possible for any human to be . . .'

(from the publisher's description)

High quality entertainment (Marie Claire)

It takes real talent to make a reader laugh and cry ... the story will stay with you long after you've read the last page (Heat)

Keyes writes brilliantly, as always, about love, grief, jealousy and friendship (Daily Mail)

The jokes are as good as ever, Keyes' large cast of Irish and American characters fizz and crackle off the page. High quality entertainment (Marie Claire)

The novel is a rare blend of genres, a richly enjoyable satire and an inspirational tale of one woman's triumph over despair (Daily Telegraph)

From the Back Cover:

'I'd lost my place in the universe.
It had closed up and there was nowhere for me to be. I was more lost than I had known it was possible for any human being to be . . .'

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.

To her home. To her job. And most of all to her husband Aiden.

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

What has pushed Anna so far from everything that she loves?
Is she the only one who can put it all right?
And if not, who is?

'Keyes writes brilliantly, as always, about love, grief, jealousy and friendship' Daily Mail

'High-quality entertainment' Marie Claire

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About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0241958466
• ISBN 13: 9780241958469
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 624