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

Keyes, Marian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1405934379 ISBN 13: 9781405934374

Publisher: Penguin, 2017

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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Review:

Marian Keyes begins Watermelon with a rather inauspicious romantic opening when the heroine's husband leaves her for Denise from the flat downstairs the day their first child is born. Claire, the deserted wife and mother, returns to her family in Dublin and, after going through the required stages of "Loss, Loneliness, Hopelessness and Humiliation", begins to feel much better--so much better that when James tries to win his way back into her affections, he gets more than he bargained for.

The author's style is too blunt and her setting too suburban (with its all-too-human heroine struggling to keep her sanity, tend to her new-born baby, fight it out with siblings and begin to love again) to be a traditional romance, but there is enough chemistry and mystery to keep you guessing in the lip-smacking Watermelon--a dish that may not fill you up but will certainly give you a taster of Marian Keyes' work, of which there is much to sample, including Lucy Sullivan is getting Married, Rachel's Holiday and Last Chance Saloon. --Nicola Perry

Review:

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)

One of the 40 books to read before you're 40. Pure craic (Image)

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1405934379
• ISBN 13: 9781405934374
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 560