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The story of a relationship that everyone thought was forever and which is now in danger of being for never, The Break is about getting older and staying in love when life, real life, is trying to pull you apart.

Jojo Harvey is a literary agent whose star is on the rise. In love with both her married boss and her burgeoning career, not much distracts her. Until she finds herself representing two women who used to be best friends. Used to be....

Unlike the rest of her family, Maggie Walsh has always done the right thing - that is until the day she leaves her husband and takes refuge with her friend Emily, a screenwriter in Los Angeles - a city where even the palm trees are skinny.

Meet Rachel Walsh. She's been living it up in New York City, spending her nights talking her way into glamorous parties before heading home in the early hours to her hot boyfriend Luke. But her sensible older sister showing up and sending her off to actual rehab wasn't quite part of her plan. She's only agreed to her incarceration because she's heard that rehab is wall-to-wall jacuzzis, gymnasiums and rock stars going cold turkey - plus it's about time she had a holiday.

Tara, Katherine and Fintan have been best friends since they were teenagers. Now in their early thirties, they've been living it up in London for 10 years. But what have they to show for a decade of hedonism? Sure, Tara's got a boyfriend - but only because she's terrified of spending five minutes alone. Katherine, on the other hand, has a neatness fetish that won't let anyone too close to mess up her life. And Fintan? Well, he has everything. Until he learns that without your health, you've got nothing....

Lola has every reason to be interested in who Paddy de Courcy is marrying - because although she's his girlfriend, she definitely isn't the bride. Heartbroken, she flees the city for a cottage by the sea. But will her retreat prove as idyllic as she hopes? Not if journalist Grace has anything to do with it. Grace knew Paddy a long time ago. But why can't she forget him?

Rachel Walsh is twenty-seven and the miserable owner of size 8 feet. She has regular congress with Luke Costello, a man who wears his leather trousers tight. And she's fond - some might say too fond - of recreational drugs.

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....

High heels, movie deals, wagon wheels, shoes, reviews, having the blues, builders, babies, families and other calamities... Many think that Marian leads a glitzy life of limos, television, and showbiz parties - but she would argue that she spends the majority of her life writing alone, wearing her PJs, and eating bananas with a laptop on a pillow in front of her. Under the Duvet is a wide collection of her journalism and stories, all personal, closely observed, and painfully funny...

Lisa Edwards, top London magazine editor, has been fantasizing about promotion to New York. Instead, she's asked to launch a new women's magazine in Dublin. She thinks nothing could be worse - until she meets her new staff. They're friendly, helpful, and enthusiastic - in other words, they wouldn't last two minutes in London!

Lucy Sullivan is 26 and living it up (and occasionally down) in London. Hers is a life of quiet, undisciplined desperation. But when she and three friends visit a psychic for a bit of fun and the woman's predictions start coming true, Lucy is horrified. For the fortune-teller insisted she'd soon be married - within the year, in fact. Not only does Lucy not have a boyfriend, but the chances of getting one are looking slim. Between the bottles of wine, antidepressants and her addiction to self-help books, she's not quite ready to walk, or even stumble, down the aisle sober.

Slide "Further Under the Duvet", get yourself comfortable, and let Marian take you places you've never been before. Places like the Irish air-guitar championships, a shopping trip to Bloomingdales with a difference, and Cannes with a chronic case of Villa-itis. Along the way you'll encounter knicker-politics, fake tans, sticky-out ears and passionate love affairs both with make-up and Toblerones.

You'll be wincing in recognition and scratching your head in incredulity, but like Marian herself you won't be able to stop laughing at the sheer delightful absurdity that is modern life - because each and every one of us is clearly making it up as we go along. She has wonderful and tickling words of advice for those fast approaching 50.

Amy tiene el marido perfecto. Hugh es guapo, es un buen tipo y un padre maravilloso. Pero un día, de pronto, le dice que quiere que se tomen un descanso. Que necesita estar seis meses lejos de casa, de ella y de la familia, y viajar un tiempo como soltero. Aunque asegura que solo será medio año y que volverá, pues no dejado de amarla, Amy teme que no sea así.

En los noventa, Rachel Walsh era un desastre. Pero, después de pasar por una clínica de desintoxicación, todo mejoró. En estos momentos tiene una vida llena de amor, una familia y un buen trabajo como consejera en adicciones. Además, es capaz de mantener vivo su jardín y el único vicio que le queda son las zapatillas caras.

Una historia puede tener distintos protagonistas; esta tiene tres: Jojo: agente literaria, atractiva, triunfante y muy, pero que muy, ambiciosa. Mantiene relaciones con su jefe, un hombre excelente. Solo tiene el defecto de estar casado. Lily: autora y clienta de Jojo. Su primera novela ha tenido un éxito enorme. Vive con Anton y están muy enamorados. Compran la casa de sus sueños y tienen un bebé. Pero la creatividad de Lily se paraliza, no puede escribir ni una palabra. Y, lógicamente, tampoco puede pagar las facturas. Y finalmente Gemma: ex novia de Anton y todavía enamorada

En el ático vive Katie, jefa de relaciones públicas de una discográfica, que pasa sus días lidiando con estrellas del rock venidas a menos y pensando cuánta tarta de queso necesitaría comer para suicidarse. Debajo de ella comparten piso dos polacos musculosos y una taxista más lista que el hambre. La conductora se llama Lydia y además de una lengua afiladísima, tanto como su cerebro, también tiene sus debilidades.

Todas las familias esconden secretos, y lo último que quieren es que salgan a la luz. Justo lo que ocurrirá cuando Cara, la mujer de Ed, se dé un golpe en la cabeza y empiece a desvelar la pequeña red de mentiras en la que se sustenta su aparente perfección familiar.

¿Estáis dispuestos a descubrir los secretos de una de las autoras más famosas y queridas del mundo? ¿Sí? Estupendo, porque este libro los contiene casi todos: desde su adicción a los cosméticos hasta los imprevistos de sus muchos viajes, pasando por conflictos con el peluquero y su relación con Twitter.

Anna Walsh está totalmente destrozada, física y emocionalmente. Cuando estaba tumbada en el sofá de casa de sus padres en Dublín, la obsesionaba una sola cosa: volver a Nueva York, la ciudad que para ella significa los mejores amigos, el trabajo más maravilloso del mundo y, sobre todo, significa su marido, Aidan.