A real treat - the incredibly funny jottings of a hugely bestselling and much-loved author Her books are read and adored by millions around the world - now read the collected journalism of the woman who writes them: the woman under the duvet. Marian loves shoes and her LTFs (Long Term Friends), hates estate agents and lost luggage, and she once had a Christmas office party that involved roasting two sheep on a spit, the Moroccan way. She's just like you and me...
I love Marian Keyes. Reading her books is like splashing through puddles in wellington boots on a rainy day, or stretching out on a deck chair in the sun with a cocktail - utterly satisfying. You feel like you're doing exactly what you're meant to be doing in that moment.
Under the Duvet, so named because the author likes to write in bed, is a little different to the other Keyes books I have read before, in that it is a selection of magazine articles, columns and personal essays rather than a work of fiction. Marian reveals the woman behind the label of World Renowned Chick Lit Author; her trials and tribulations, her views on life and family, her inimitable Irishness and her obssession with shoes. She writes with a healthy dose of good humour, even when discussing her descent into alcoholism and her subsequent struggle to recover.
Most of you reading this like blogs... well, this is like taking a brilliant blogger's top 30 posts and compiling them into a book. Light, easy and highly enjoyable reading.
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