Making It Up As I Go Along

Making It Up As I Go Along

2016 • 417 pages

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AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4'S BETWEEN OURSELVES, IN CONVERSATION WITH TARA FLYNN Laugh your socks off with this hilarious collection of tales, observations and flights of fancy from the No. 1 bestselling author of Grown Ups 'Will make you laugh, cry and feel less alone. Fabulous' Good Housekeeping ________ Welcome to the magnificent Making It Up as I Go Along - aka the World According to Marian KeyesTM - a bold and brilliant collection of Marian's hilarious and often heartfelt observations on modern life, love and everything in between. From a guide to breaking up with your hairdresser to entering the fifties-zone, the joys of her nail varnish museum to singing her way through insomnia, Marian will have you laughing with delight and gasping with recognition throughout. Because at the end of the day, each and every one of us is clearly making it up as we go along. ________ 'Never far from barmy, always warm and real. But in the interstices of fun and frippery comes a sincere clarity. At times she is the darkest of light writers' Daily Telegraph 'Keyes manages to verbalize the most mundane of universal experiences and somehow make them funny . . .' Sunday Tribune 'A hilarious, sympathetic read' Hello! 'Packed with hilarious, sharp-eyed observations on life, love and everything else' Woman & Home Winner of 'Author of the Year' at the British Book Awards May 2022

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2 primary books

#4 in Essays

Essays is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2005 with contributions by Marian Keyes.

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Further Under the Duvet
#4
Making It Up As I Go Along

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Had many laugh out loud moments with the veritable shared shame: Xmas, standing up for yourself, neighbors, eating obsessively, being fascinated by people on the telly and shoes... She does sound like the proverbial girl next door we love

June 5, 2016