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Grown-Ups

(2020)
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Fed up of being a grown up? Get away from it all with the No. 1 bestseller from Marian Keyes

'Magnificently messy lives, brilliantly untangled. Funny, tender and completely absorbing!'
GRAHAM NORTON
'SUCH a treat. Like reading the cleverest cream cake of words'
CAITLIN MORAN
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MEET JESSIE, CARA AND NELL.

Married to brothers Johnny, Ed and Liam Casey.

Three very different women tied to three very different men.

Every family occasion is a party - until the day the secrets spill out.

PLAYTIME IS OVER.

BUT WHERE ARE THE GROWN-UPS?
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'Comic, convincing and true.
Grown Ups has an almost Austenesque insight into character. Keyes knows how to make serious issues relatable - and get a few grownup laughs, too' GUARDIAN

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Hilarious, alternately heartwarming and heartbreaking. I loved everything about it'DAILY MAIL

'You may have written the best book of your career' CHRIS EVANS, VIRGIN RADIO

'Superb. Warm-hearted, wise and highly entertaining' OBSERVER

'Keyes at her best: capturing everyday voices with humour and empathy with writing that you'll devour in a weekend. Just pure and simple joy' STYLIST

'I loved every word. I will be missing those gorgeous vibrant characters for many weeks to come'
LIANE MORIARTY, bestselling author of Big Little Lies

'Messy, tangled complex humans who reminded me that few of us ever really sort our lives out at all' JOJO MOYES, bestselling author of Me Before You

'Her best yet. Charming, funny and poignant, but also profound, heartbreaking' NINA STIBBE, bestselling author of Reasons to be Cheerful

Sunday Times bestseller April 2023
Genre: Literary Fiction

Praise for this book

"A novel that is warm and witty, but never afraid to tackle the big stuff." - Elizabeth Day

"She's only gone and done it again! I love Marian Keyes's books with a passion, and now she's got a fabulous new one on the way! Brilliant as ever." - Jane Fallon

"It's SUCH a treat. I felt like I was reading the cleverest cream cake of words." - Caitlin Moran

"I loved every word. I will be missing those gorgeous vibrant characters for many weeks to come." - Liane Moriarty

"Messy, tangled complex humans who reminded me that few of us ever really sort our lives out at all." - Jojo Moyes

"Magnificently messy lives, brilliantly untangled. Funny, tender and completely absorbing!" - Graham Norton

"Marian Keyes's gift for storytelling is utterly magnificent. I feel like I've met every single character in this book. I may even be a character in this book. Nobody nails chaotic families like Marian." - Liz Nugent

"This beauty of a book just took the crown as my new favourite Marian Keyes novel (and that is a HIGH bar). It's tender, hilarious, important, with characters who feel as real as your own family by the time you're done. I put it down and felt bereft." - Beth O'Leary

"Her best yet. Charming, funny and poignant, but also profound, heartbreaking." - Nina Stibbe


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