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Anybody Out There? (Walsh Family #4)
by
Marian Keyes
Anna Walsh is officially a wreck. Physically broken and emotionally shattered, she lies on her parents' Dublin sofa with only one thing on her mind: getting back to New York. New York means her best friends, The Most Fabulous Job In The World™ and above all, it means her husband, Aidan.
But nothing in Anna's life is that simple anymore... Not only is her return to Manhattan...more
But nothing in Anna's life is that simple anymore... Not only is her return to Manhattan...more
Paperback, 464 pages
Published
April 24th 2007
by William Morrow Paperbacks
(first published January 1st 2006)
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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 it really and truly means...more
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 it really and truly means...more
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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 into the Litera...more
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 my favorite of hers, howev...more
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 my favorite of hers, howev...more
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 Keyes...more
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 Executive, I've wor...more
I enjoy Anna, there is a lot that I can relate to about her under the surface. She is a PR Account Executive, I've wor...more
Dec 06, 2008
Jen
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
people who aren't already sad enough
Recommended to Jen by:
Gg
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 a stretch,...more
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 a stretch,...more
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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, especially in the f...more
I also felt like Keyes tried a little too hard to be cutesy, especially in the f...more
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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 book. I'm fairly certain that every...more
The most obnoxious part of the story is the "plot twist" which happens about 200 pages into the book. I'm fairly certain that every...more
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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 make sense). Total...more
This was surprisingly sad for chicklit! Especially one with butterflies all over the cover (altho the butterflies now make sense). Total...more
Feb 13, 2008
Nikki
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Marian Keyes fans and people looking for a good cry!
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 pretty severe injur...more
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 pretty severe injur...more
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 to rehab.
This book w...more
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 to rehab.
This book w...more
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 to her...more
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 comes to accept...more
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 comes to accept...more
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 girls! jolly boys! feathery stroker! So, I've just returned...more
After note...feck! jolly girls! jolly boys! feathery stroker! So, I've just returned...more
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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 know,...more
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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 not as bad as...more
But as I said, it was not as bad as...more
Jun 01, 2008
Maya
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Shayla, Maya L.
Recommended to Maya by:
Express shelf, library.
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 huge and relateable...more
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 huge and relateable...more
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 not as...more
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Ne ei nämä Keyesin Welshin perheestä kertovat kirjat oo ihan sillä lailla kevyttä tavaraa, niinkun esimerkiksi... No vaikka se Kevytkenkäinen kummitus, jonka joskus luin.
Kuuleeko kukaan? alkaa aika jännästi Dublinista. Vaikka oikeasti se alkaa New Yorkista jonkin aikaa aiemmin. Ensin tiesi vain, että Annalle on käynyt huonosti, muttei tiennyt miten huonosti ja mitä oikeastaan on tapahtunut. Ja missä Aidan on?!
Ja sitten oli näitä spiritistisiä istuntoja ja meedioita ja muuta niin että normikristi...more
Kuuleeko kukaan? alkaa aika jännästi Dublinista. Vaikka oikeasti se alkaa New Yorkista jonkin aikaa aiemmin. Ensin tiesi vain, että Annalle on käynyt huonosti, muttei tiennyt miten huonosti ja mitä oikeastaan on tapahtunut. Ja missä Aidan on?!
Ja sitten oli näitä spiritistisiä istuntoja ja meedioita ja muuta niin että normikristi...more
The reading of this novel was especially good and I think it really made the book come alive for me. Anna Walsh has a great job as a PR rep for a hot cosmetics company in New York City. She meets a wonderful man and has a whirlwind romance before they marry.
But the book doesn't begin there, it begins with Anna waking up in her parent's home in Ireland, with some bad injuries. She is on heavy duty painkillers and her story is revealed to us as she comes to terms with it herself.
Anna has a disloca...more
But the book doesn't begin there, it begins with Anna waking up in her parent's home in Ireland, with some bad injuries. She is on heavy duty painkillers and her story is revealed to us as she comes to terms with it herself.
Anna has a disloca...more
This was my first MK book.. Probably not the best to start with after reading other's reviews, maybe I should've start with something else.
My first impression was.. How depressing. The writings good.. With bits of humor here and there, but the overall storyline was just one depressing moment after another.. And you wish she'd find someone ASAP and live happily ever after... But it didnt happen...
After finishing the book -- its a bit refreshing to read such a depressing book.. Very different fr...more
My first impression was.. How depressing. The writings good.. With bits of humor here and there, but the overall storyline was just one depressing moment after another.. And you wish she'd find someone ASAP and live happily ever after... But it didnt happen...
After finishing the book -- its a bit refreshing to read such a depressing book.. Very different fr...more
Along with 'Rachel's Holiday' this is probably my favourite Marian Keyes book. What I love about her books is that she doesn't write 'typical' chick-lit. I generally hate chick-lit (well, apart from Sophie Kinsella's books) but Marian Keyes always manages to add a difficult subject (drug addiction, domestic abuse, rape) and deal with it sensitively and intelligently while also being hilarious.
Anybody Out There? tells the story of one of the younger Walsh siblings (we've met them before in Waterm...more
Anybody Out There? tells the story of one of the younger Walsh siblings (we've met them before in Waterm...more
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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 lei?...more
Ma che incidente ha ridotto Anna in queste condizioni? Cosa è successo esattamente? Perchè tutti si comportano così stranamente con lei?...more
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 Dublin with her face i...more
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 Dublin with her face i...more
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 protagonist is complet...more
So, about half way through this book you realize it is going to be a bereavement book. The protagonist is complet...more
Feb 24, 2010
Lisa
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Mum
Recommended to Lisa by:
Jade Brelsford
Shelves:
2010
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 to do with...more
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 to do with...more
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Marian Keyes signe avec Réponds, si tu m'entends une comédie à la fois drôle et émouvante, aux antipodes des codes de la chick-lit.
Le lecteur y suit Anna, sur le parcours semé d’embûches qui lui permettra de faire face aux conséquences dramatiques de son accident. La jeune trentenaire, à qui professionnellement et sentimentalement tout a réussi, se remet tant bien que mal d’un accident dans la maison de ses parents, en Irlande. Malgré de lourdes séquelles, elle n’a qu’une idée en tête, retourner...more
Le lecteur y suit Anna, sur le parcours semé d’embûches qui lui permettra de faire face aux conséquences dramatiques de son accident. La jeune trentenaire, à qui professionnellement et sentimentalement tout a réussi, se remet tant bien que mal d’un accident dans la maison de ses parents, en Irlande. Malgré de lourdes séquelles, elle n’a qu’une idée en tête, retourner...more
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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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“I couldn’t be with people and I didn’t want to be alone. Suddenly my perspective whooshed and I was far out in space, watching the world. I could see millions and millions of people, all slotted into their lives; then I could see me—I’d lost my place in the universe. It had closed up and there was nowhere for me to be. I was more lost than I had known it was possible for any human being to be.”
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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”
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