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Jul 26, 2007

Jessica rated it:

After reading this book I decided that I will probably never loan it out because I will want to read it over and over again.

This is, by far, the most emotionally provocative book I've ever read. For about the first 25 chapters or so, I was convinced I knew what was going on, only to be hurled into an entire weekend of crying and page-turning. I couldn't stop crying, yet I couldn't put it down.

This book made me realize so many things about myself, life, death, and what More...

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Sep 13, 2008

Bev rated it:

I'd have to put this book in my list of top-ten favorites of all time! I picked up the book-on-tape version at the library and immediately fell in love with Marian Keyes. I had to get the print version to enjoy the story again, and I am not usually one to re-read books (because there are so many others on my "to-read" list)!

After reading this most engaging novel, I felt compelled to read all of Keyes' other books, most of which were wonderful as well. This one remains m More...

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May 07, 2008

Krystal rated it:

I'm having a love affair with Keyes at the moment. Started with Lucy Sullivan gets married (loved it) hiccuped with Watermelon (not so much) then on to Rachel's holiday (rivaled Lucy's story) and now, this one. Anybody out there is Anna's story. Keyes was on point in this book, Anna was heartbreakingly familiar. When I realized where her story was heading I was a bit angry, as I was already in love with Anna and Andy as a couple...how could Keyes do this to me. It was the delicate way that More...

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Apr 01, 2008

Danielle rated it:

This was my first Marian Keyes book, so I haven't read the others about the Walsh sisters. I think I have a hard time getting into a lot of books, it usually takes the first 100 pages before I care about the book. Once I hit the turning point in the novel (around chapter 25) it was un-put-down-able. Seriously, I read the majority of the book on Sunday afternoon (about 300 pages).

I enjoy Anna, there is a lot that I can relate to about her under the surface. She is a PR Account Executi More...

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Dec 06, 2008

Jen rated it:

I love the various Marian Keyes books, especially the ones featuring the individual sisters from the Irish family, the Walshes. Her books are almost standard chick-lit fare, but Keyes's writing and her doses of Irish wickedness make them stand above the crowd.

This book features the fourth Walsh sister, Anna. We've met Anna in the other Walsh sister books, where she's something of a spacey, hippie-ish waif, but here she's been transformed into a savvy New York business woman--a bit of More...

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May 01, 2011

Jennifer rated it:

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Jan 07, 2009

Brittany rated it:

Kind of a weepy girl book. I had a hard time being convinced that their relationship was so amazing and am pretty sure that had this been a real couple, it would have seemed so great simply because she'd only been with the guy for a year and half - fully still within the infatuation stage. But still - the feelings are there regardless of the reasons for them, and it didn't keep me from emphasizing with her entirely.

I also felt like Keyes tried a little too hard to be cutesy, espe More...

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Feb 02, 2009

Becky rated it:

This book is one terrible mess, which is surprising because it's written by a "bestselling" author. I mean, the dialogue...does she really think people talk like that? And what was up with all those boring email sections, which did nothing to add to the story. Plus, all the main characters are super annoying, especially the parts concerning the main character's job.

The most obnoxious part of the story is the "plot twist" which happens about 200 pages into the boo More...

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Mar 21, 2008

Jenn rated it:

Penguin's advertising blitz last year for Marian Keyes books paid off. I have had an inexplicable urge to read one for ages. Well, not entirely inexplicable, as 6 feet tall posters plastered all over the Tube come to mind. But I still don't think I would have found the initiative to procure one so I am lucky May brought this to dinner and put it in front of me.

This was surprisingly sad for chicklit! Especially one with butterflies all over the cover (altho the butterflies now m More...

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Feb 13, 2008

Nikki rated it:

As with all Marian Keyes books this one was excellent. Continuing to follow in the lives of the Walsh sisters this book focused on Anna. She wasn't as hippy as I expected given how she was described in the other books, but I was glad as she was fleshed out as a very likable (and believable) character.

This book is hard to put down as Keyes keeps you on edge trying to figure out what is going on. All you know is that Anna finds herself back in Dublin with her parents with some pre More...

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Oct 19, 2007

Jennifer rated it:

I read the Marian Keyes novels completely out of order, having started with a copy of Watermelon my mum leant me when I was home on break. As a result, I perhaps saw the Sullivan girls mature in a slightly different order than other people who read the books in "order."

Nevertheless, I was confused by this book, and one other, Rachel's Holiday. From the initial character development I got on Anna and Rachel, I always felt that it would have made far more sense to send Anna More...

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Jul 07, 2008

Julie rated it:

This is a story about one of the Walsh sisters. There are five sisters in this Irish family that Marian Keyes has written several books about. This one is about Anna. It begins with her in in Ireland at her parents' home, although we find out early that she lives in New York and is here recovering. We also know that she misses Aidan very much and that she feels she must recover from her injuries quickly so that she can get back to New York to find him. What we do not know is what happened t More...

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Apr 26, 2008

Julie rated it:

SPOILERS AHEAD - do not read if you plan to read this book!!

I've had a sense of deja vu lately when I've been reading. One was with Remember Me? and the other one was with this great one by Marion Keyes. It's been ages since I read PS I Love You by Cecilia Ahern but I think the premise was similar - in this one, the main character has been seriously injured in a car crash that has killed her newlywed husband. She is in denial of this fact for the first third of the book but then co More...

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Jul 17, 2008

Amy rated it:

Still completely love Mummy Walsh! I absolutely adore this family dynamic. I sometimes feel too old and domesticated to enjoy alot of chicklit, but this was SO good! I laughed. I cried. Think "Friends" meets "Bridget Jones" meets "Medium" meets "Sopranos"...ok maybe that's too much, but I really did enjoy this. Definitely not your run of the mill chicklit. I would be interested to read more of the Walsh sisters.

After note...feck! jolly girl More...

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Feb 26, 2010

Martha rated it:

I apparently already read this book and didn't realize it, that's how not memorable it was. I like Marian Keyes but this just didn't do it for me. It was witty in parts and dark in parts. It's about a woman who lives in New York and she is in a terrible accident and she's taken home to Ireland to recover. When she returns to NYC, she life isn't what it appears to be. She works for a cosmetic company and she has scarring, she doesn't hear from her fiance, she has a screwball family and you k More...

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Dec 16, 2009

Zen rated it:

This wasn't quite as bad as I thought it would be, but it was not the kind of book I would ever have picked up on my own. This is because it is pretty bad. It's not that I dislike chicklit as a genre so much as that it is not a genre I will forgive occasional badness in so long as it presses my buttons, and this was just all sloppy writing and uninteresting characters. Characters is kinda overstating it; they were more names plus associated collections of tics.

But as I said, it was n More...

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Jun 01, 2008

Maya rated it:

I am tired of the evolution of goodreads...it looks different every time I do a review.

Aw, I thought this book was great! Really witty and sweet. It's the story of a woman whose husband dies unexpectedly and how the year after goes...and a huge and interesting cast of secondary characters. I did feel the story lost a little steam after we stopped the regular intercutting between past and present. The characterization was on point though and it was nice that the characters had hu More...

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Nov 08, 2007

Kristina rated it:

I am a big Marian Keyes fan. She is one of my favorite Brit chick lit authors. This is her newest. Unfortunately, it was not one of her best. Maybe I am getting tired of the Walsh sisters. In this one, Anna has returned home horribly injured and missing her husband Aidan. It takes way too long to find out what happened to Aidan (though you have a pretty clear idea much earlier) and too long for her to figure out how she is going to re-create her life. I generally like this author but was More...

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Aug 06, 2011

Quintin rated it:

This is really a great book! From the start I had the feeling that this was going to be one of those books where the writer attempts to be funny throughout and I was worried about the merit of the story line.
However; after the first chapter I was already hooked! I simply could not put the book down, to such an extent that at times I completely lost track of time.
The brilliance in this book is in the vast spectrum of emotions the writer touches with the story - excellent balance of happy an More...

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Dec 23, 2011

Roberta rated it:

Anna si sveglia un mattino a casa dei suoi genitori, a Dublino, con alcune ossa rotte e svariate cicatrici in fase di lenta guarigione. Cosa le è successo? Nel corso della narrazione, che alterna il presente ad un passato non troppo lontano, pian piano conosciamo il mondo di Anna e scopriamo che ha appena subito un incidente. E che è ansiosa di risentire Aidan.
Ma che incidente ha ridotto Anna in queste condizioni? Cosa è successo esattamente? Perchè tutti si comportano così stranamente con More...

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Aug 13, 2011

Emma rated it:

Marian Keyes has introduced readers to the lives, loves, and foibles of the five Walsh sisters. In this funny, heartbreaking, and triumphant new tale set in the Big Apple, it's Anna's turn in the spotlight.

Life is perfect for Anna Walsh. She has the "Best Job in the World" as a PR exec for a top-selling urban beauty brand, a lovely apartment in New York, and a perfect husband the love of her life, Aidan Maddox. Until the morning she wakes up in her mammy's living room in More...

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Jan 01, 2011

Ella rated it:

I'm giving this book a few stars because I'll give any book that is kinda funny and enjoyable to read a few starts. It doesn't take a lot for me to pass them out. It was, however, a complete waste of time and wouldn't ever recommend it to anyone. With that said I'm going to complain about something in it, so if you are actually planning on reading it stop reading my review right now.

So, about half way through this book you realize it is going to be a bereavement book. The protago More...

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Feb 24, 2010

Lisa rated it:

I'm not a huge fan of chick-lit, so was quite surprised at being recommended this, with further surprise to follow when I actually found myself enjoying it - giggling at Anna's family and her turns of phrase, and wondering how on earth she'd got in the state she was in on the lead in to the reveal (about a quarter of the book through).

This initial set up was very nicely done, even if I did have a sneaking suspicion about what had happened (though I think that might have had something More...

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Apr 29, 2009

Elena rated it:

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Mar 20, 2011

Shxrxn rated it:

I stared at the little piece of machinery: phones have always seemed magical to me, the way they pull off the unlikeliest, most geographically distant connections. I know there are perfectly good explanations of how it all works, but I’ve never stopped being amazed at the wondrousness of people on opposite sides of oceans being able to talk to each other.
- Anna
There are times when I think I preferred her when she was on the drugs.
- Mrs. Walsh
Jacqui was like the Roman empe More...

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May 05, 2010

Cosine rated it:

It was so bad, I couldn't wait to put it down. I tried my best to like it but after reading 400 pages, I gave up and just went to the back and read the ending. In the end, I just find this book such a waste of my time. I so wanted to like it, especially since it was a 21st birthday gift from my friends and its a pity I don't.

I can relate to the denial during the initial chapters but I honestly cannot tolerate those ridiculous e-mails, especially those with Helen (youngest sister) and More...

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Mar 30, 2011

Corey rated it:

I mentally classify most novels into one of two broad categories: Literature or Crap. Within the Crap category there are several further levels. Books with negligible literary attributes (like no plot, no character development, poor writing, etc....ehh hmmm... Twilight) fall into the "Watching TV" category (because reading one of these books is the intellectual equivalent and takes the same amount of effort as sitting through a TV show). Marian Keyes' books definitely do not fall in More...

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Sep 21, 2010

Iris rated it:

I chose this book purely by looking at the shelf and taking one. Chick lit for a change please, I thought – but boy this one had me in tears, and not because of laughter.

The start is quite slow I thought. We get to know Anna Walsh from Ireland (of course that was a wee factor in my decision, too) recovering from her severe injuries – not only physically, but emotionally as well. We find out about her “best job in the world” and Aidan; Aidan the man in her life, the life she’d been li More...

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Aug 10, 2011

Elisabeth added it

Anna Walsh is recovering from some accident at her parents' house in Dublin but is longing to go back to NYC, to her job and to her husband Aiden, who, for some reasons, don't pick up her phone calls neither call her back. And the reason is that he is dead. But Anna has forgotten and when she finally remembers, she finally grieves but look for a way to communicate with Aiden. And this is where she meets other grieving ones trying to find some peace in psychics. Until she finally finds out what A More...

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Dec 17, 2009

Rebecca rated it:

I felt somewhat mislead by this book, I thought it was going to be your typical Marian Keyes book, a humourous chick lit story with a sobering message. Well then. I read this book on vacation and about half way though I found myself sobbing. It is one of the saddest books I've read all year. Just a warning to any newlyweds out there: don't read this book. Other than all the tears, I really did like the book and couldn't put it down.

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