«A sharp, wry tale about a seemingly happy family with contemporary problems . . . despite the traumas, you'll whizz through it with a smile on your face»

Oxfordshire Limited Edition

«Keyes's captivating 14th novel tackles difficult issues with a sparkling style that makes it impossible to put down»

Daily Mail

«Marian Keyes is the most wonderful writer. She just gets better and better. She is a writer who believes in the best of us. She shows people's foibles but she also shows the love that binds us together in a very real way»

Richard Osman

«Shines a light on the frustrations and gripes of family life, while inviting us to laugh at the petty reality of it all»

London Living

«A book to fall into and while away hours with»

Writers Online

«Her books are humorous and have the quality of a warm bath»

The Times

«Keyes is an international treasure. The ultimate choice for a binge read»

Stylist

«Funny, thought-provoking and hitting you right in the feels, Marian Keyes does it again»

Red Online

«I loved this complex family drama . . . Keyes nails every character she touches while keeping it all so relevant»

Jamie Klingler, iNews

«Praise for Marian Keyes»

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«Everything this woman touches turns to comic gold»

Cosmopolitan

«Comic, convincing and true. The warmth and empathy of Keyes's writing shine through this tale of family secrets revealed.»

Katy Guest, Guardian

«Clever, hilarious, poignant . . . Gloriously funny»

Sunday Times

«Her writing is a lovely mixture of funny and perceptive and bittersweet»

Cressida Cowell

«Full of brilliantly funny characters, genuine emotion and heaps of charm»

Heat

«A delightful and insightful examination of the modern family»

Holly Bourne, Beastmag

«Brutal yet endearing honesty, wonderful humour and astonishing acumen»

«There is no finer writer than Marian Keyes»

«She really is unparalleled when it comes to making serious points with the lightest of touches»

The Pool

«Hilariously wise»

Prima

«Keyes writes extremely well about modern women. Candid and deeply felt»

Metro

«Marian Keyes has an unparalleled talent for making you howl with laughter, nod in recognition and think at the same time»

Good Housekeeping

«A publishing sensation»

Daily Express

«Fabulously entertaining. The queen of intelligent women's fiction»

Sunday Mirror

«Full of darkness and light, this is Keyes at her classic and most brilliant best»

Red

«Keyes writes about women who are absolutely themselves, even when society tries to insist they are something else»

Irish Times

«There are few fiction writers today with as much verve and sense of independence as Marian Keyes»

Daily Telegraph

«Marian Keyes nails the zeitgeist while handling a huge cast of characters with aplomb»

Express and Star

«Dazzlingly brilliant»

Dereham Times

«Brilliant as ever»

Stellar

«A witty and compassionate story of modern life and relationships»

Candis

«A book that will make you laugh out loud, get choked up, and be very annoyed when you get to the end and have to say goodbye to all these characters. Marian's storytelling skills make you care deeply about each and every one of them»

The Sun Online

«Keyes's latest novel might just be her greatest . . . Subtle, sophisticated storytelling»

Independent

«This beauty of a book just took the crown as my new favourite Marian Keyes novel (and that is a HIGH bar). It's tender, hilarious, important, with characters who feel as real as your own family by the time you're done. I put it down and felt bereft»

Beth O'Leary

«THIS BOOK. Reader, I LOVED it. Funny & thoughtful & such brilliantly drawn characters I am genuinely bereft that my time with them is over. And it tackles some REALLY important issues with immense sensitivity & insight»

Hannah Beckerman

«Rejoice! Marian's back with her best book yet! An absolutely brilliant story with a very powerful emotional punch»

Best

«I LOVED Grown Ups so much. It's SUCH a treat. I felt like I was rolling in PURE JOY throughout. The cleverest cream cake of words»

Caitlin Moran

«Messy, tangled complex humans who reminded me that few of us ever really sort out our lives at all»

Jojo Moyes

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

Graham Norton

«I loved every word of Grown Ups. I will be missing those gorgeous vibrant characters for many weeks to come. There should be a word to describe the sadness and satisfaction you feel when you read the last page of a Marian Keyes novel: the ending is perfect but you still want more, more, more»

Liane Moriarty

«Grown Ups is perfection. Smart, dark, layered. Her best yet!»

Gillian McAllister

«A new book from the witty Irish novelist. When Cara Casey suffers concussion, she starts spilling the secrets of her glamorous, talented family. All is not as it seems»

The Times, Ones to watch in 2020

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Nigella Lawson

«Immersive... I absolutely loved it!»

Jill Mansell

«Marian Keyes's gift for storytelling is utterly magnificent. I feel like I've met every single character in this book. I may even be a character in this book. Nobody nails chaotic families like Marian»

Liz Nugent

«She's only gone and done it again! I love Marian Keyes' books with a passion and now she's got a fabulous new one on the way! Brilliant as ever»

Jane Fallon

«The irresistible tale of an enviably glamorous family forced to confront itself»

Daily Mail, Top Picks of 2020

«The queen of the classy comfort read returns with this warm, wise and witty family saga which asks what really lies behind the happiest of facades»

i Paper, Books of 2020

«A family drama, where a concussion causes a spilling of secrets with amusing results»

Irish Tatler, Top Picks of 2020

«You may have written the best book of your career»

Chris Evans, Virgin Radio

«Funny and moving, with an acute eye for family foibles»

Ian Rankin, bestselling author of the John Rebus thrillers

«It is charming, funny and poignant. But also profound, heartbreaking. If you already love Marian, this is her best yet. If you haven't read her, this is the one»

Nina Stibbe

«A brilliant bunch of flawed individuals, all battling to understand themselves and those around them. Definitely worth devouring this year! What a treat»

Giovanna Fletcher

«Marian's chatty style pulls readers in with warmth, wit and high drama»

The Sunday Times Online

«Keyes is so ambitious, funny and compassionate it's no wonder so many adore her writing»

i '40 Books for the Summer'

«The latest novel from the beloved Irish author, Grown Ups delves into the Casey family whose secrets start to spill after one member gets concussed»

Evening Standard, Books to look forward to in 2020

«A novel that is warm and witty but never afraid to tackle the big stuff»

Elizabeth Day, Mail on Sunday

«A new Keyes is always cause for celebration. The wit and warmth of her words in her 14th novel tell the story of the Caseys, a supposedly perfect family, torn apart by a careless remark at a birthday party»

Grazia, Ones to watch in 2020

«A new novel by Marian Keyes is always cause for celebration, and this latest is a corker. By the end you'll definitely feel part of the family»

Mail Online

«Up there with her best»

Sunday Express

«Funny, clever and hilarious and the rest, an epic tale of an epic family, the Caseys»

RTE Guide

«A fabulous account of family and secrets, calling into question how civilised and "grown up" any of us actually are»

Glamour UK

«Marian Keyes manages to wrap family dynamics, female angst, good jokes and serious stuff into a really appealing form»

Woman's Own Magazine

«Happy making with glorious wit»

Helen Lederer

«Packed with emotional turmoil, but is light on her trademark wry wit and acerbic humour»

Luxe

«Keyes touches on the difficulties of broken relationships; eating disorders; emotional insecurity and other weighty subjects with her trademark humour and lightness of touch»

Connaught Telegraph

«Brilliantly plotted family saga»

Tracy Thorn, New Statesman

«An entertaining story of family dynamics packed with vibrant characters, humour and empathy»

The Sunday Times

«Her writing just gets better and better . . . Grown Ups is funny and clever in the way it tackles addiction and eating disorders and the hurly burly of family life»

Waitrose Weekend

«No one knows better than Marian Keyes what it's like trying to be a grown up in modern Ireland. Keyes is on top form as ever, and this delightful book will warm those cold winter bones»

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«A heartening, pacey read»

SheerLuxe

«Promises themes of love and family, all bound together with Keyes' trademark humour»

Harrow Times

«A hilarious read»

Bella

«The queen of fiction has launched another blockbuster. I couldn't put this book down»

The Echo (Cork)

«Chuck envy, illicit passion and financial pressures into the pot and soon this carefully constructed broth is simmering to the boil»

Cornish Times