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sushi for beginners — marian keyes

3 stars

Not as good as Rachel’s hol­i­day, but good enough non the less.

Lisa is send from Lon­don to Dublin to set up a new Women’s mag­a­zine Colleen. Lisa is used to her glam­orous lifestyle, some­thing she has to give up in Ire­land so it seems. Ash­ling is her “sec­ond in com­mand” with her own set of prob­lems. She is very inse­cure about her lack of waist, her lack of bril­liant ideas and her lack of self esteem. Clodagh is Ashling’s best friend, mar­ried, two kids, in a total dip and want­ing some­thing com­pletely dif­fer­ent in her life. Jack is Lisa’s and Ashling’s boss, hav­ing prob­lems in his rela­tion­ship with a fin­ger bit­ing Asian girlfriend.

angels — marian keyes

3 stars

I have to say in all hon­esty it is a real “women’s” book. That said, it is also a very funny book.

Mag­gie Gar­van (Walsh) just found out her hus­band has an affair with “Truf­fle woman”. In her anger she sets off to LA, Hol­ly­wood to “take some down time” at her best friend Emily, a scriptwriter wait­ing for her big break. In the month she is there all sorts of crazy stuff hap­pens. Try­ing to fit in the LA lifestyle she gets her­self in the weird­est sit­u­a­tions helped by some of the strangest peo­ple. All through her stay the ques­tion remains: is she ever get­ting back with her hus­band Paul Gar­van (Garv for short).

rachel’s holiday — marian keyes

4 stars

Rachel is the mid­dle sister/daughter of five, 26 years old. She is Irish, liv­ing in New York with her friend Brigit for the past cou­ple of years, recently try­ing to have a mean­ing­ful rela­tion­ship with Luke, one of the “Real Men” (how awful!). So, her life is very nor­mal, except for the fact she is a drug addict. Every­body says so, but her­self. Still, she is sent to a treat­ment cen­ter what she sees as a hol­i­day with bub­ble baths, mas­sages and lots of famous peo­ple. Was she wrong!