Marian Keyes






Marian Keyes

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born
September 10, 1963

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female

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Ireland

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Literature & Fiction


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Marian Keyes, born September 10, 1963, is a popular Irish writer, considered to be one of the original progenitors of "chick lit". Keyes' first novel, Watermelon, was published in Ireland in 1995. Since then she has published seven further novels and two collections of non-fiction, and has sold 15 million copies of her books in 30 languages.





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avg rating: 3.58 | 34,338 ratings | 3,029 reviews | 50 distinct works | 219 fans
Sushi for Beginners: A Novel Sushi for Beginners: A Novel
by Marian Keyes
avg rating 3.44 — 4,505 ratings — published 2000
33 editions
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Rachel's Holiday Rachel's Holiday
by Marian Keyes
avg rating 3.75 — 3,889 ratings — published 1998
21 editions
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Watermelon Watermelon
by Marian Keyes
avg rating 3.66 — 3,723 ratings — published 1996
26 editions
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Anybody Out There? Anybody Out There?
by Marian Keyes
avg rating 3.82 — 3,357 ratings — published 2006
22 editions
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Last Chance Saloon Last Chance Saloon
by Marian Keyes
avg rating 3.56 — 3,547 ratings — published 1999
24 editions
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Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Marri... Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married
by Marian Keyes
avg rating 3.51 — 3,588 ratings — published 1996
30 editions
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The Other Side of the Story: A... The Other Side of the Story: A Novel
by Marian Keyes
avg rating 3.54 — 2,941 ratings — published 2004
20 editions
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Angels: A Novel Angels: A Novel
by Marian Keyes
avg rating 3.47 — 2,811 ratings — published 2003
23 editions
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This Charming Man This Charming Man
by Marian Keyes
avg rating 3.58 — 1,423 ratings — published 2008
10 editions
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Under the Duvet: Shoes, Review... Under the Duvet: Shoes, Reviews, Having the Blues, Builders, Babies, Families and Other Calamities
by Marian Keyes
avg rating 3.39 — 846 ratings — published 2001
11 editions
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"Feathery Stokers - There is no definitive list but here are some examples. Men who didn’t eat red meat were Feathery Strokers. Men who used postshave balm instead of slapping stinging aftershave onto their tender skin were Feathery Strokers. Men who noticed your shoes and handbags were Feathery Strokers. (Or Jolly Boys.) Men who said pornography was exploitation of women were Feathery Strokers. (Or liars.) Men who said pornography was exploitation of men as much as women were of the scale. All straight men from San Francisco were Feather Strokers. All academics with beards were Feathery Stokers. Men who stayed friends with their ex-girlfriends were Feathery Strokers. Especially if they called them their “ex-partner.” Men who did Pilates were Feathery Strokers. Men who said, “I have to take care of myself right now” were screaming Feathery Strokers. (Even I’d go along with that.) ~Jacqui"
Marian Keyes (Anybody Out There?: A Novel)
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"It was ironic, really - you want to die because you can't be bothered to go on living - but then you're expected to get all energetic and move furniture and stand on chairs and hoist ropes and do complicated knots and attach things to other things and kick stools from under you and mess around with hot baths and razor blades and extension cords and electrical appliances and weedkiller. Suicide was a complicated, demanding business, often involving visits to hardware shops.

And if you've managed to drag yourself from the bed and go down the road to the garden center or the drug store, by then the worst is over. At that point you might as well just go to work."
Marian Keyes (Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married)
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"Chick Lit uses humor to reflect life back to us. It's a very comforting genre, and it's the first time our generation has had a voice. It's a very important genre for all of those reasons.
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