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Watermelon

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by Marian Keyes
Gerri Halligan
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'Failed relationships can be described as so much wasted makeup . . .'
On the day she gives birth to her first child, Claire Walsh's husband James tells her he's been having an affair and now's the right time to leave her. Right for who exactly? Exhausted, tearful and a tiny bit furious, Claire can't think of what to do. So she follows the instincts of all self-respecting adults in tricky situations. . . and runs home to Mum and Dad.
But while her parents are sympathetic, Claire's younger sisters are less so. Helen wants to share the new toy (baby Kate), while Anna is too busy having out-of-her-head experiences. So when James slips back into her life, desperate to put things right, Claire doesn't know whether to take a chance on a past she feared she'd lost forever or face an uncertain future of her own. But is she as on her own as she really believes?
'An astounding writer and chronicler of our times' Independent On Sunday
'A warm and hilarious page turner' Good Housekeeping
'A modern fairy tale, it's full of Keyes's self-deprecating wit' Sunday Mirror
'Gloriously funny' Sunday Times
'Funny but poignant' Marie Claire

  • Creators

  • Series

    Walsh Family

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    August 1, 2002

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781407403748
      • File size: 397246 KB
      • Duration: 13:47:35

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Claire Webster feels as if she has swallowed a watermelon, and her pregnant belly, in a green jumper, makes her look like one. But the seed in her is a baby girl--good news, except that her husband has just left her. So she clutches newborn Kate and flees from London to Dublin into Mum's loving arms. A new love affair with a man five years her junior looks promising until James tries to worm his way back into her life. Gerri Halligan's light brogue roots the listener in the soil of the Emerald Isle. Alternately funny and sad, her candid voice issues from the innermost Claire, revealing all the emotions in Keyes's first-person tale of the making of an independent woman. E.V. (c) AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      June 29, 1998
      Claire Webster, heroine of this breezy Irish bestseller, thinks hubby James is the man of her dreams until he ditches her for an older woman (Claire herself is 29) two hours after their daughter is born. Mother and child repair to Dublin, where there's hope of solace and sustenance in the bosom of an eccentric family, while Claire downsizes from watermelon to wisp and struggles over the hurdles of blues and booze. When she attracts a handsome young lover and considers dumping the suddenly repentant James, it's clear a happy ending's in sight. Or is it? There are a few surprises and plenty of sassy girltalk in this slick if sometimes silly take on what it's like to be female. Much of the hilarity generated by Claire's funky family--airhead sisters who squabble over clothes and men, a mother who'd rather watch soap operas than cook, a father perpetually bewildered by the women in his life--wears thin, but readers will identify with Claire's flaws, applaud her irreverent wit and rejoice at her triumphant recovery. Like the fruit it's named for, this overlong novel is short on nutrition but long on refreshment.

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  • English

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