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The Woman Who Stole My Life

The Woman Who Stole My Life

British Book Awards Author of the Year 2022

Summary

*** CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS AUTHOR OF THE YEAR 2022***

Discover the entertaining, uplifting and intriguing tale of finding true happiness in unexpected places from the No. 1 bestselling author of Grown Ups

'A total triumph'
DAILY MAIL
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Ever wished you could trade your life in for a better one?


One day, sitting in traffic, married Dublin mum Stella Sweeney attempts a simple good deed.

When the result is a terrible car accident, she meets a handsome stranger with a Range Rover who wants her number - no, for insurance purposes - and in this meeting a seed is born which will change Stella's life forever.

What happens next will take Stella thousands of miles from her old life, turning an ordinary woman into a superstar and, along the way, wrenching her whole family apart . . .

Was meeting Mr Range Rover destiny or karma?

Should she be grateful or just hopping mad?


And can Stella grab a chance at real, honest-to-goodness happiness now it finally seems within her reach?

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'Keyes can deftly mix dark and light, tragic and comic in a way that only a handful of writers can'
Irish Times

'One of our finest writers'
Jojo Moyes

Praise for Marian Keyes:


'Comic, convincing and true' Guardian

'Mercilessly funny' The Times

'Funny, tender and completely absorbing!' Graham Norton

Reviews

  • Stella Sweeny writes off her car . . . and his. But is it a blessing in disguise or just a taste of more to come? Entertaining and uplifting, The Woman Who Stole My Life is BESTSELLING author Marian Keyes' intriguing tale of finding true happiness in unexpected places . . .

    Ever wished you could trade your life in for a better one?
    From the publisher's description

About the author

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, upon 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 Dublin. My Favourite Mistake is her sixteenth novel.
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