Sushi for Beginners
British Book Awards Author of the Year 2022
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4.1 • 74 Ratings
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Publisher Description
*** CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS AUTHOR OF THE YEAR 2022***
Dive into the blissfully funny No. 1 bestseller about three women who find themselves criss-crossing the line between success and failure, happiness and sadness, sanity and madness, from the No. 1 bestselling author of Grown Ups
'Totally addictive . . . a real page turner' SUNDAY EXPRESS
'Brilliantly written and fabulously well-observed' INDEPENDENT
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'Dammit,' she realized. 'I think I'm having a nervous breakdown.'
Lisa Edwards' career as a hot-shot magazine editor is destined for high-rise New York, when suddenly she's blown off-course into the delights of low-rise Dublin. But what on earth can she do about it?
Ashling Kennedy, Lisa's super-organized assistant, is good at worrying. Too good. She's even terrified of a little bit of raw fish . . .
Clodagh Kelly is Ashling's best friend and has done everything right: beautiful kids and a husband come prince - everything in fact that Ashling has ever wanted. She should be happy. But she isn't.
Three women on the verge of happiness and even closer to a complete breakdown . . .
Which way will they fall?
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'Keyes has given romantic comedy a much-needed face-lift. Chatty and warmhearted, Keyes's talent is to tell it how it is' Independent
'Laden with plots twists, jokey asides and nicely turned bits of zeitgeisty observational humour' Guardian
'The voice of a generation' Daily Mirror
Winner of 'Author of the Year' at the British Book Awards May 2022
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
For Ashling Kennedy, the new job she lands at start-up Irish fashion magazine Colleenis a dream come true. For Lisa Edwards, a high-maintenance London editor expecting a promotion to New York, her appointment as editor-in-chief of Colleen is a slap in the face, the only consolation being her rumpled-but-handsome new boss, Jack Devine. Furious at being passed up for a job at Manhattan magazine, Lisa vows to make Colleen the envy of the fashion industry, even if it kills her. She drives her Dublin staff to exhaustion, and Colleen becomes a smashing success. But after a particularly lusty meeting with her much-maligned long-distance London boyfriend, she wonders if the move and the single-minded career obsession have been worth it. Meanwhile, Ashling is betrayed by her boyfriend and her best friend Clodagh, whose bourgeois domesticity she's long envied. Ashling realizes that she has to let go of her cheerful "Miss Fix-It" demeanor and go after what she wants. Lisa is chagrined and Ashling is shocked to learn that Jack may actually fancy Ashling, but one "sushi for beginners" dinner has her convinced. British bestseller Keyes's latest confection (after Watermelon) makes such a painfully brittle start the reader nearly despairs of the cardboard cutout characters, but slowly they begin to breathe and morph into charmers. Keyes's considerable following on these shores will declare this a delight. National advertising; online promotion.
Customer Reviews
Keyes is truly marvellous!
I love this book and its author. It's my second time reading it and I find new things that I didn't pick up on previously. It's an excellent story which explores each characters unique struggles and how they deal with them, which Keyes adds her witty humour and faultless storytelling talent to.
My only criticism is that whoever transcribed this onto iBook should've proof read it. It's fraught with grammar errors and often misplaced words ('be' instead of 'she' and bits like that). But literary snob or not you should have no trouble enjoying Marian Keyes' brilliant novel! (If you enjoyed this I recommend reading 'Rachel's Holiday' by the same, it's an all time favourite)
Disappointing
I like Marian Keyes’ books, my favourite being the Mystery of Mercy Close - but really struggled with this one. Empty, pointless plot, 2-d characters, shallow female protagonist that seems like a lazy stereotype. I could not finish it, which is a pity.
Love it!
Absolutely love this book, read it 3 times so far. Probably my favourite by Marian Keyes