Though her first book failed to sell, her life turns upside down when her most recent book becomes a huge bestseller. Lily Wright is an author who believes in karma, and is waiting for the sky to fall after stealing her former best friend's man. all the while sleeping with the boss man. A former NYPD cop, she now lives in London making million-dollar book deals while trying to make partner at her firm. Jojo Harvey is a dead ringer for Jessica Rabbit and the most ferocious literary agent in town. You'll be wincing in recognition and scratching your head in incredulity, but like Marian herself you won't be able to stop laughing at the sheer delightful absurdity that is modern life - because each and every one of us is clearly making it up as we go along. And she's here to tell you the secret secret truth about writers - well, this one anyway. She has words of advice for those fast approaching fifty. Not to mention the very best lies to tell if you find yourself on an Arctic cruise.

There's the pure and bounteous joy of the nail varnish museum.

Well, how about her guide to breaking up with your hairdresser? Or the warning she has for us all after a particularly traumatic fling with fake tan. Welcome to the magnificent Making It Up as I Go Along - aka the World According to Marian Keyes™ - A bold, brilliant book bursting with Marian's hilarious and heartfelt observations on modern life, love and much, much else besides. Skin care and bad hair and what should I wear?Īll kinds of views, which I hope will amuse. Having to schmooze when I'd far rather snooze. 'Fabulous shoes, my badly made stews, an Arctic cruise and ten In the end neither the City of Angels nor Maggie Walsh will ever be the same again. Overnight, she's mixing with movie stars,even pitching film scripts to studios.Most unexpectedly of all,she finds that just because her marriage is over,it doesn't mean her life is. There, with the help of sunshine and long days at the beach, she will lick her wounds and decide where life will take her next.But from the moment she lands in the City of Angels, things are not quite what she expected. Suddenly, her perfectly organized life has become a perfect mess.ĭevastated, she decides the only thing to do is to run for the shelter of her best friend, Emily, who lives in Los Angeles. Or so she believed until she discovers that her husband is having an affair and her boss is going to fire her. Where Rachel was reckless and Claire dramatic, Maggie settled early for safety. Maggie has always been the white sheep of the Walsh family.Unlike her comically dysfunctional sisters,Rachel(heroine of Rachel's Holiday) and Claire (heroine of Watermelon), she married a decent man who adored her and found herself a solid career.

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