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British Book Awards Author of the Year 2022

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My Favourite Mistake

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Classic Keyes: owl-wise, oven-warm and very funny. Fabulous

Keyes is a powerhouse. My Favourite Mistake is not just a fizzy romantic comedy, but also a piece of social commentary. Her protagonist’s voice is crystal cut with observations about gentrification, sexism and an economic system that tells women they are nothing without expensive serums and Peloton machines

What heaven . . . wish it could go on forever

Warmhearted and deftly plotted page-turner. A celebration of kindness: that of family and friends

Keyes’s prose whisks you through her tales — she has an instantly endearing turn of phrase and an acute sense of comic timing

You are all in for a treat. My Favourite Mistake is by turns hilarious and heart-breaking, with a very satisfying mystery at the heart of it too

The biggest treat. I've laughed, I've blushed and I've cried. How does Marian do it? Just a beautiful, hopeful story

Explodes with joyful humanity on every page

Funny, warm, pacy, honest and outrageous

Much to love . . . eye-wateringly comical. Will win something . . . long overdue in snootier literary quarters: respect

Keyes at her best: the warmth, the laugh-out-loud humour, the compulsive readability, and the compassionate, feminist lens onto the interior lives of women and the pressures that society places upon them

I raced through My Favourite Mistake. I was pulled in by the story, held by the authenticity of the characters and so seen by Marian’s portrayal of women in all their complex flaws. Her total lack of sentimentality and sharp humour sealed the deal. How lucky we are to have Marian Keyes! This a fantastic book. Hugely entertaining, moving, hilarious and just so refreshingly honest on women in middle age. I adored it

A beguiling blend of hijinks, heartbreak and happiness

My Favourite Mistake is brilliant – the characters are so brutally honest, vulnerable, funny and flawed. I loved it

We love Marian for her humour, relatable style and wisdom - all of which are present here. A big-hearted read full of big feelings

Funny, heart-breaking and wise. Adored it

A great, big mystery romance that will make you laugh on every page. A marvel

Furiously funny and stealthily profound. There’s so much depth, but reading it made me feel happier and lighter than I have in ages – it’s sexy, smart, wise, touching and fun

Matching trauma with humour is Keyes’s trademark. She is so good at upping the tension in will they/won’t they scenarios, keeping the characterisation rich and the jokes frequent. She somehow keeps it both light and intensely important at the same time

A joyous read from start to finish

A new Marian Keyes book is always something to savour, especially when it features the Walshes. Hilarious, warm and very moving

A gorgeous, gorgeous novel - devastating and hilarious in turn, warm and wise and full of surprises and welcome familiar faces. Marian Keyes at her inimitable best

A big-hearted read full of big feelings, humour, relatable style and life-affirming wisdom. We'd expect nothing less from this much-loved writer'

A new Marian Keyes novel is always a special treat, especially when we are reunited with the Walsh family

No one does the minutiae of life like Keyes

Profoundly in touch with sadness and vulnerability. If there's a message, it's that we must forgive one another for past mistakes and be less brutal towards our lost, scatty younger selves

No one writes about messy, imperfect lives as well as Keyes

Good Housekeeping, Best books to take on holiday 2024

Another classic read from Marian Keyes – we loved!

Brims with all the author’s skill and laughout-loud humour

Wonderfully warm and funny look at midlife love

iNews, 30 best books to read in summer 2024

No other author marries heartbreak and hilarity so seamlessly

Her particular gift is the ability to settle the reader into a comfortable seat, then carry them to the darkest places; to make serious things funny - and moving

Sensitive, funny, wonderful, immensely touching

Keyes at her best: capturing everyday voices with humour and empathy with writing that you'll devour in a weekend. Just pure and simple joy

Magnificently messy lives, brilliantly untangled. Funny, tender and completely absorbing!

Warm, witty and wise - a joy to read

Anna had a dream life - according to everybody else. 
She lived in New York, had a long-term boyfriend, and had The Best Job In The World working as a highly successful beauty PR. 
So why did she decide to take a flamethrower to the lot? 
Because now she's back Dublin, living with her parents. She's undeniably forty-eight, with no partner, no job, and no direction. 
Anna's lost her purpose. She needs a new challenge to help her fall back in love with life again. 
When an opportunity arises to solve a PR crisis in the tiny town of Maumtully, Anna leaps at the chance. 
But will the appearance of an old love interest derail her plans?

THE HILARIOUS AND HEARTWARMING NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 
‘Classic Keyes: very funny’ The Times‘Made me punch the air’ Independent‘Funny, heart-breaking and wise’ Daily Mail 
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After 20 years, high-flying PR Anna Walsh no longer loves New York. 
 Returning to Ireland will be a fresh start, she tells her family.They say: are you having a mid-life crisis? 
 Because back home, Anna can’t escape her past – the best friend she walked out on, the old flame she tried to put out. 
 Everywhere she turns, her mistakes are waiting. 
But might they just save her? 
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‘Keyes is a powerhouse. Not just a fizzy romantic comedy, but also a piece of social commentary’ Sunday Times 
‘A stellar storyteller. A beguiling blend of hijinks, heartbreak and happiness’ Mail on Sunday 
 ‘Fabulous’ The Times 
 ‘Wonderful’ Daily Mail 
 ‘Sharp and funny’ Guardian 
 ‘A literary titan’ Independent 
Readers are loving My Favourite Mistake 
‘I was absolutely overjoyed to be able to read and review this book and I left abandoned housework, children and much more behind as I indulged myself with this book. I literally did not want to put it down at all’ ***** Reader Review 
 
‘OMG it’s good to have these lovely characters back!’ ***** Reader Review 
‘The most magical of storytellers has done it again, the world would be a far sadder place without Marian Keyes’ ***** Reader Review 
‘it was engaging, funny, sad and everything in between with that wonderful familiarity certain book characters just have – brilliant’ ***** Reader Review 
 
Marian Keyes, Number 1 Sunday Times bestseller, April 2024 (UK) 
Marian Keyes, Number 1 bestseller, Republic of Ireland and Number 1 bestseller, South Africa [Nielsen Bookscan, April 2024]

Marian Keyes is a phenomenon. The multimillion copy, internationally bestselling author of some of the most widely loved, genre-defying novels of the past thirty years – including Rachel’s Holiday, Anybody Out There and Grown Ups – has millions of devoted readers around the world. 
 
In addition to her fifteen previous novels, Marian has also written three collections of journalism, upon which hit BBC Radio 4 show Between Ourselves was based. Marian co-hosts the popular show Now You’re Asking with actress Tara Flynn for BBC Radio 4. In 2022, she was named the British Book Awards Author of the Year. 
 
Marian lives in Dublin. My Favourite Mistake is her sixteenth novel.

My Favourite Mistake

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Classic Keyes: owl-wise, oven-warm and very funny. Fabulous

What heaven . . . wish it could go on forever

Warmhearted and deftly plotted page-turner. A celebration of kindness: that of family and friends

Sharp and funny

Keyes’s prose whisks you through her tales — she has an instantly endearing turn of phrase and an acute sense of comic timing

You are all in for a treat. My Favourite Mistake is by turns hilarious and heart-breaking, with a very satisfying mystery at the heart of it too

The biggest treat. I've laughed, I've blushed and I've cried. How does Marian do it? Just a beautiful, hopeful story

Funny and moving and very sexy

Unbelievable…so much talent

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