Marian Keyes's Top Book Recommendations
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Treat yourself to the heartwarming, hilarious new novel from Sunday Times bestseller Cathy Kelly!
Freya Abalone has a big, messy, wonderful family, a fantastic career, and a new house.
But that's on the outside.
On the inside, she's got Mildred - the name she's given to that nagging inner critic who tells us all we're not good enough.
And now Freya's beloved blended family is under threat. Dan's first wife Elisa,...
moreRecommended by Marian Keyes, and 1 others. Marian Keyes@cathykellybooks Of COURSE you could. I really LOVE this book 😍😍😍😍😍😍 (Source)
Jamie Lee CurtisThe most important book I have ever read, the best gift I have ever given. A daily touchstone to center, balance, inspire & comfort. I was honored @marknepo asked me to write the forward for this 20th anniversary edition. It is available now for pre-order. Publication date 1/1/20 https://t.co/6PIQFBI1Wz (Source)
Marian KeyesOh! So GREAT! If you're able, PLEASE read her powerful book. https://t.co/3itlgrS7Mz (Source)
Kate Moreton is in Ireland on sabbatical from her teaching position at Dartmouth College when she meets Ozzie Ferriter, a fisherman and a veteran of the American war in Afghanistan. The Ferriter family history dates back centuries on the remote Blasket Islands, and Ozzie – a dual citizen of Ireland and the United... more
Recommended by Marian Keyes, and 1 others. Marian Keyes@sinead_moriarty MASSIVE congratulations, Sinead and so well deserved. Seven Letters is a great book! I enjoyed it so much 😘😘😘😘😘😘 (Source)
Since then, Vicky has become... more
Recommended by Marian Keyes, and 1 others. Marian Keyes@PhelanVicky Oh Vicky! A GAZILLION congratulations for your deserved win last night! You're a profoundly inspiring person, delivering a masterclass in courage, determination and grace. Your book is CLASS and so are you 🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊 (Source)
It should have been just a mid-life fling. A guilty indiscretion that Neve Connolly could have weathered. An escape from twenty years of routine marriage to her overworked husband, and from her increasingly distant children. But when Neve pays a morning-after visit to her lover, Saul, and finds him brutally murdered, their pied-à-terre still heady with her perfume, all the lies she has so painstakingly stitched together threaten to unravel.
After scrubbing clean every trace of her existence from Saul’s... more
Recommended by Marian Keyes, and 1 others. Marian Keyes@StrictlySid Oh my god Sid, the LATEST from @FrenchNicci, its called (I think) #TheLyingRoom, it's THE most gripping, BRILLIANT book!!! Xxx (Source)
From her first life-changing solo trip to Australia as a young graduate, Rosita Boland was enthralled by travel. In the last thirty years she has visited some of the most remote parts of the globe carrying little more than a battered rucksack and a diary.
Documenting nine journeys from nine different moments in her life, Elsewhere reveals how exploring the world – and those we meet along the way – can dramatically shape the course of a person’s life. From death-defying bus journeys through Pakistan to witnessing the majestic icescapes... more
Recommended by Marian Keyes, and 1 others. Marian Keyes#Elsewhere is a hugely enjoyable travel book/personal memoir. Another great non-fiction book from another great Irish writer. We've been having a good run of them lately 😊 https://t.co/vUmcUQgcMn (Source)
In the more than half century since his first book of poems was published, Leonard Cohen has evolved into an international cult figure who transcends genres and generations. This anthology contains a cross section of his five decades of influential work, including such legendary songs as “Suzanne,” “Sisters of Mercy,” “Bird on the Wire,” “Famous Blue Raincoat,” and “I’m Your Man” and searingly memorable poems from his many acclaimed... more
Recommended by Marian Keyes, and 1 others. Marian KeyesOh my god, THIS BOOK!!!! I dont have the WORDS to convey its brilliance. About real people living in Hydra in 1960. Steeped in nostalgia that's both sad and beautiful. It's fascinating, immersive and so MOVING. #ATheatreForDreamers by the ever fabaliss @PollySamson out April 2020 https://t.co/8dduamy4A6 (Source)
When her partner of over a decade suddenly ends things, Laurie is left reeling—not only because they work at the same law firm and she has to see him every day. Her once perfect life is in shambles and the thought of dating again in the age of Tinder is nothing short of horrifying. When news of her ex’s pregnant girlfriend hits the office grapevine, taking the humiliation lying down is not an option. Then a chance encounter in a broken-down elevator with the office playboy opens up a new... more
Recommended by Marian Keyes, and 1 others. Marian KeyesI'm in such tremenjuss pain that ive had to go to bed with the queasy-ness and I'm reading the proof of the new @MhairiMcF and it's a love story that's so BEAUTIFUL that I'm almost glad about my banjoed leg. I'm ekeing the book out, afeerd of it being over https://t.co/VXhEUw0trm (Source)
Warwickshire in the 1580s. Agnes is a woman as feared as she is sought after for her unusual gifts. She settles with her husband in Henley street, Stratford, and has three children: a daughter, Susanna, and then twins, Hamnet and Judith. The boy, Hamnet, dies in 1596, aged eleven. Four years or so later, the husband writes a play called Hamlet.
Award-winning... more
Recommended by Marian Keyes, and 1 others. Marian KeyesIt's not published till next March but Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell is going to be a publishing EVENT. It's STUNNING. Historical fiction, the writing is EXQUISITE, immersive and compelling. Her best book yet. By MILES. She's sooo tender about her characters in this one https://t.co/jn6Xvy9v5t (Source)
Detectives Maeve Kerrigan and Josh Derwent are tasked with re-examining the evidence. Before long, they uncover links between Stone and a possible third victim.
But with Stone behind bars, a fourth woman disappears in similar circumstances. Is there a copycat killer out there, or have they been wrong about Stone from the start? And will Maeve discover the truth... more
Recommended by Marian Keyes, and 1 others. Marian KeyesGreat review for @JaneCaseyAuthor's Cruel Acts. It's an absolutely wonderful book Cruel Acts by Jane Casey | The Sunday Times https://t.co/UHSYsnvbC2 (Source)
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She was known to the world as Emily Doe when she stunned millions with a letter. Brock Turner had been sentenced to just six months in county jail after he was found sexually assaulting her on Stanford's campus. Her victim impact statement was posted on BuzzFeed, where it instantly went viral--viewed by eleven million people within four days, it was translated globally and read on the floor of Congress; it inspired changes in California law and the recall of the judge in... more
Marian KeyesOh! So GREAT! If you're able, PLEASE read her powerful book. https://t.co/3itlgrS7Mz (Source)
Laura I. GómezFinished Chanel Miller's book. My eyes and soil are still raw from emotion. What a powerful memoir. (Source)
Charlie BrinkhurstcuffChanel Miller's book is breathtaking and painful (Source)
Beth shows that women really can have it all.
Ruby lives life by her own rules.
And then there’s Lauren, living the dream.
AS PERFECT AS IT LOOKS?
Beth hasn’t had sex in a year.
Ruby feels like she’s failing.
Lauren’s happiness is fake news.
And it just takes one shocking event to make the truth come tumbling out…
Fearless, frank and for everyone who’s ever doubted themselves,... more
Louis TherouxThis is me earlier today tucking into @hotpatooties new book. (I do love my body.) https://t.co/1B9D3fn4ZW (Source)
Marian Keyes@delphiegray1 Being frank, I would LOVE the swag 😉 But I really did enjoy the book 😊😊😊😊 (Source)
Chris O'dowdYo! If you’re kicking around LA tomorrow, please join us to enjoy a lovely chat with my wife! The bestselling author and all-round good egg, Dawn O’Porter will be chatting about her glorious new book, #SoLucky https://t.co/8Tjw8Vk3dP (Source)
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