Matriarch Jessie burdens them all with her love through extravagant presents and holidays – her five children, husband and extended family consisting of a couple of Johnny’s brothers and various spouses, kids and pets. Grown Ups could easily have been another book series, this time on the Casey family. She’s done a series of books on the Walsh family, starting with her first in 1995 – Watermelon – which was also turned into a film starring none other than hot from Brookside – Anna Friel. Her characters are male and female, well drawn and dealing with some pretty non-rosy situations, usually taken from her own experiences.
I’ve found that people who haven’t read them have a tendency to dismiss them as ‘chick lit’, but that isn’t the case.
I’ve read a few books by Marian Keyes, and enjoyed them all. You know you’re in for a good yarn when the book starts off with a family tree that spreads over two pages.
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