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Sushi for Beginners

Sushi for Beginners

British Book Awards Author of the Year 2022

Summary

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

Dive into the blissfully funny No. 1 bestseller about three women who find themselves criss-crossing the line between success and failure, happiness and sadness, sanity and madness, from the No. 1 bestselling author of Grown Ups

'Totally addictive . . . a real page turner'
SUNDAY EXPRESS

'Brilliantly written and fabulously well-observed' INDEPENDENT
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'Dammit,' she realized. 'I think I'm having a nervous breakdown.'

Lisa Edwards'
career as a hot-shot magazine editor is destined for high-rise New York, when suddenly she's blown off-course into the delights of low-rise Dublin. But what on earth can she do about it?

Ashling Kennedy
, Lisa's super-organized assistant, is good at worrying. Too good. She's even terrified of a little bit of raw fish . . .

Clodagh Kelly
is Ashling's best friend and has done everything right: beautiful kids and a husband come prince - everything in fact that Ashling has ever wanted. She should be happy. But she isn't.

Three women on the verge of happiness and even closer to a complete breakdown . . .


Which way will they fall?

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'Keyes has given romantic comedy a much-needed face-lift. Chatty and warmhearted, Keyes's talent is to tell it how it is'
Independent

'Laden with plots twists, jokey asides and nicely turned bits of zeitgeisty observational humour'
Guardian

'The voice of a generation'
Daily Mirror

Winner of 'Author of the Year' at the British Book Awards May 2022

Reviews

  • Marian Keyes' Sushi for Beginners is the blissfully funny, smart tale of three women who discover that the line between success and failure, happiness and sadness, sanity and madness is finer than they ever thought . . .

    'Dammit,' she realized. 'I think I'm having a nervous breakdown.'
    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 Dún Laoghaire, Dublin. My Favourite Mistake is her sixteenth novel.
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