This book is about 3 seriously different women, all at different stages of their lives.
Gemma has a successful career but hits an emotional wall when her father has a midlife crisis and flees to live with a younger woman, leaving her mother in tatters.
Jojo the literary agent, also successful, struggles to make headway in her 'man's world', making things complicated by romancing her married boss.
Lily, the writer, struggles with her new found fame and what life means for her from hereon in.

This book is fantastically funny. Very light and humourous, but with some great messages as well. Each character goes through their own life changing experiences.

Gemma...Oh my goodness, I'd love to be friends with her. She's a riot.

When it was finished. I wanted to stay with these people.

I had to go hunting for another Marian Keyes book. She's fantastic.

There was a mixture of emotions at the end of the book. I wanted to keep reading, especially about Jojo. There was so much left unfinished with her. But I was elated that both Gemma and Lily got their 'happily every after'.

Marian Keyes writes with a sense of humour that shines. I'm intensely jealous! Her characters are well rounded and extremely colourful. She doesn't write a lot of descriptions about her characters, which I have mixed feelings about. But you get a glimpse of them through other characters eyes and you can form your own visions of them.

It's punchy and pithy and any woman with a sense of humour will find themselves laughing out loud.

If you have a weak bladder, beware! Having said that if you're anything like me you'll need tissues too. It's terribly romantic in the end, so if you don't like that kind of stuff then don't read it!

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