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The Break: British Book Awards Author of the Year 2022
Marian Keyes
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Description for The Break: British Book Awards Author of the Year 2022
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*** CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS AUTHOR OF THE YEAR 2022***
THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF GROWN UPS, MARIAN KEYES
'JUST BRILLIANT' SUNDAY TIMES
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'Myself and Hugh . . . We're taking a break.'
'A city-with-fancy-food sort of break?'
If only.
Amy's husband Hugh says he isn't leaving her.
He still loves her, he's just taking a break - from their marriage, their children and, most of all, from their life together.
Six months in South-East Asia. And nothing she says can stop him.
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But when does a break become a break-up?
A lot can happen in six months. And it's enough to send Amy and her family of gossips, misfits and troublemakers teetering over the edge.
When Hugh returns, if he returns, will he be the same man she married?
Will Amy be the same woman?
Because if Hugh is on a break from their marriage, then . . . isn't she on one too?
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'Mercilessly funny' The Times
'I laughed . . . I cried' Daily Mail
'Full of darkness and light, this is Keyes at her classic and most brilliant best' Red
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Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
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About Marian Keyes
Marian Keyes is a phenomenon. The multimillion copy, internationally bestselling author of some of the most widely loved, genre-defying novels of the past thirty years – including Rachel’s Holiday, Anybody Out There and Grown Ups – has millions of devoted readers around the world. In addition to her fifteen previous novels, Marian has also written three collections of journalism, ... Read moreupon which hit BBC Radio 4 show Between Ourselves was based. Marian co-hosts the popular show Now You’re Asking with actress Tara Flynn for BBC Radio 4. In 2022, she was named the British Book Awards Author of the Year. Marian lives in Dún Laoghaire, Dublin. My Favourite Mistake is her sixteenth novel. Show Less
Reviews for The Break: British Book Awards Author of the Year 2022
Involving and beautifully told . . . There's a reason why Marian Keyes is the queen of commercial women's fiction
i Newspaper
Classic Marian Keyes: a blizzard of wit and wisecracks. Mercilessly funny
The Times
There is such a variety of stories and the characters are believable and relatable. She writes funny parts, but then there ... Read moreare those moments that knock you down with sadness
Libby Page, bestselling author of The Lido, Woman & Home
An addictive book . . . lust and desire is described brilliantly
Independent
The Break races along with Keyes' trademark energy, lightness of touch and plenty of laughs
Sunday Express
The Break is Marian Keyes at her funniest, wisest, glorious best The Break makes me laugh out loud
Sunday Express
Breathlessly entertaining
Connaught Telegraph
Keyes writes extremely well about modern women. A breezy, candid and deeply felt account of a wife, mother and career woman rediscovering herself
Metro
Girl-power at its best. I laughed . . . I cried
Daily Mail
Another belter. Full of brilliantly fun characters, genuine emotion and heaps of charm. We loved it!
Heat
A snappy narrator and a raucous cast of characters make The Break another classic from Marian Keyes
Sunday Express
Fabulously entertaining. Classic Keyes. The queen of intelligent women's fiction
Sunday Mirror
A pleasure. Keyes writes women who are absolutely themselves, even when society tries to insist they be something else
Irish Times
Hilariously wise
Prima
Marian Keyes's latest novel will have you enraged one moment. Half laughing. Half crying the next. While nodding in recognition
Psychologies
Marian Keyes writes about modern relationships and families with brutal yet endearing honesty, wonderful humour and astonishing acumen
Ruth Hogan, author of The Keeper of Lost Things
There is no finer writer than Marian Keyes and The Break is her at the top of the game; funny, real, with characters that speak to all of us. Only Keyes can combine pathos and humour with such effortless skill, to produce a novel that stays with you long after you've turned the final page
Rowan Coleman, author of The Summer of Impossible Things
Underline Keyes' status as an international treasure. The ultimate choice for a binge read
Stylist
A gripping story with great heart, intensity and wisdom
Sunday Business Post
Hilarious and moving, a zeitgeisty look at how couples splinter or stay together in the face of life's obstacles
Irish Times
I bloody loved it. Many moments of comic genius, empathy and heartbreak. She really is unparalleled when it comes to making serious points with the lightest of touches.
The Pool
I absolutely LOVED The Break - such energy, wit and good humour
Fanny Blake, author and books editor, Woman & Home
One of the most reliably brilliant novelists writing with humour and insight about women's lives, I think Keyes gets better and better
Alice O’Keeffe, The Bookseller
Hilariously warm and wonderful
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Amy's husband Hugh has run away to 'find himself'. But will he ever come back? 'Myself and Hugh . . . We're taking a break.' 'A city-with-fancy-food sort of break?' If only.
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September's best pulse-quickening pager-turner. Marian Keyes at her most classic and brilliant best
Red
The ultimate choice . . . filled with the author's signature themes, think turbulent relationships, tricky families and the need for self-belief. Keyes' [is] an international treasure
Stylist
Fabulously entertaining, classic Keyes . . . a delightful reminder of why best selling Keyes has earned her crown as the queen of intelligent woman's fiction
The People
Cause for celebration . . . An engrossing novel full of wit and warmth. The humour never once detracts from the emotional depth.
Red
Cause for jubilation . . . This proves her to be the reigning queen of British chick lit . . . insightful, funny and poignant
Daily Mail
Praise for Marian Keyes
- Gloriously funny
The Sunday Times
Funny but poignant
Marie Claire
A total triumph
Daily Mail
Not only is it a great story with funny, loveable characters, it made me laugh out loud
Stylist
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