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By: Marian Keyes
Narrated by: Gerri Halligan
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At 29, Claire is full of the joys of life - that is, until her husband leaves her on the day she gives birth to her baby. With a broken heart, a beautiful newly born and an expanding mirror image, she decides to visit her eccentric family in Dublin. There she starts to feel better. So much better, in fact, that James is in for a surprise when he decides to slither back into her life.

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'An astounding writer and chronicler of our times' Independent On Sunday

'A warm and hilarious page turner' Good Housekeeping

'A modern fairy tale, it's full of Keyes's self-deprecating wit' Sunday Mirror
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An entertaining look at life which had me bursting out laughing and listening with delight and anticipation from start to finish. The characters must be taken from real life people because they are so believable and funny.
I love this author and the narrator would have you believe that its Marion speaking directly to the reader. Im off to buy the next one.

fabulous

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The story isn't exactly gripping in any way. It's a bland girl - meets - boy type of thing but the characters are likeable and it was a pleasant listen. The narrator sounded much older than the 29 year old lead (and it's told in the first person) which I found off-putting. She also frequently whispers for dramatic effect which is a real nuisance when you're listening in the car as it's a contstant volume faff. The americanised terms grated on me for an Irish story. Overall I'm not disappointed that I downloaded it but won't be listening to it again.

Fairly bland, twee love story

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Light,bright,funny,and yet spot on when it comes to describing how we can hurt each other.It's as if the author knows what we want to know ,says what we want to be said.
And WASPI women/Back to 60 take note...Marian Keyes thought we would get her pension at 60 when she wrote this!

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An early saga no mobile phones and quite a long listen but very worth it.
Good characters and plenty of humour brought to life by Gerri Halligan.
Listened the bulk whilst out walking and finding myself getting irate and looking like an idiot.

It's a Marian Keyes nuff said.

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Narrator did not sound like a 29 year old woman. I have read other Marion Keyes novels and enjoyed them so this was really disappointing. She took forever to get to the point and the “asides” were long-winded and infuriating. I won’t be reading any more Walsh stories

Needed editing and cut by several hundred pages

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