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The Break
Oct 26, 2024 2:33 AM

Author:Marian Keyes

The Break

*** CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS AUTHOR OF THE YEAR 2022***

THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF GROWN UPS, MARIAN KEYES

'JUST BRILLIANT' SUNDAY TIMES

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'Myself and Hugh . . . We're taking a break.'

'A city-with-fancy-food sort of break?'

If only.

Amy's husband Hugh says he isn't leaving her.

He still loves her, he's just taking a break - from their marriage, their children and, most of all, from their life together.

Six months in South-East Asia. And nothing she says can stop him.

But when does a break become a break-up?

A lot can happen in six months. And it's enough to send Amy and her family of gossips, misfits and troublemakers teetering over the edge.

When Hugh returns, if he returns, will he be the same man she married?

Will Amy be the same woman?

Because if Hugh is on a break from their marriage, then . . . isn't she on one too?

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'Mercilessly funny' The Times

'I laughed . . . I cried' Daily Mail

'Full of darkness and light, this is Keyes at her classic and most brilliant best' Red

SHORTLISTED FOR A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD

Reviews

Involving and beautifully told . . . There's a reason why Marian Keyes is the queen of commercial women's fiction

—— i Newspaper

Classic Marian Keyes: a blizzard of wit and wisecracks. Mercilessly funny

—— The Times

There is such a variety of stories and the characters are believable and relatable. She writes funny parts, but then there are those moments that knock you down with sadness

—— Libby Page, bestselling author of The Lido, Woman & Home

An addictive book . . . lust and desire is described brilliantly

—— Independent

The Break races along with Keyes' trademark energy, lightness of touch and plenty of laughs

—— Sunday Express

The Break is Marian Keyes at her funniest, wisest, glorious best

—— Nina Stibbe

The Break makes me laugh out loud

—— Tess Daly , Sunday Express

Breathlessly entertaining

—— Connaught Telegraph

Keyes writes extremely well about modern women. A breezy, candid and deeply felt account of a wife, mother and career woman rediscovering herself

—— Metro

Girl-power at its best. I laughed . . . I cried

—— Sarah Lawrence , Daily Mail

Another belter. Full of brilliantly fun characters, genuine emotion and heaps of charm. We loved it!

—— Heat

A snappy narrator and a raucous cast of characters make The Break another classic from Marian Keyes

—— Sunday Express

Fabulously entertaining. Classic Keyes. The queen of intelligent women's fiction

—— Sunday Mirror

A pleasure. Keyes writes women who are absolutely themselves, even when society tries to insist they be something else

—— Irish Times

Hilariously wise

—— Prima

Marian Keyes's latest novel will have you enraged one moment. Half laughing. Half crying the next. While nodding in recognition

—— Psychologies

Marian Keyes writes about modern relationships and families with brutal yet endearing honesty, wonderful humour and astonishing acumen

—— Ruth Hogan, author of The Keeper of Lost Things

There is no finer writer than Marian Keyes and The Break is her at the top of the game; funny, real, with characters that speak to all of us. Only Keyes can combine pathos and humour with such effortless skill, to produce a novel that stays with you long after you've turned the final page

—— Rowan Coleman, author of The Summer of Impossible Things

Underline Keyes' status as an international treasure. The ultimate choice for a binge read

—— Stylist

A gripping story with great heart, intensity and wisdom

—— Sunday Business Post

Hilarious and moving, a zeitgeisty look at how couples splinter or stay together in the face of life's obstacles

—— Irish Times

I bloody loved it. Many moments of comic genius, empathy and heartbreak. She really is unparalleled when it comes to making serious points with the lightest of touches.

—— The Pool

I absolutely LOVED The Break - such energy, wit and good humour

—— Fanny Blake, author and books editor, Woman & Home

One of the most reliably brilliant novelists writing with humour and insight about women's lives, I think Keyes gets better and better

—— Alice O’Keeffe, The Bookseller

Hilariously warm and wonderful

—— Image

Amy's husband Hugh has run away to 'find himself'. But will he ever come back?

'Myself and Hugh . . . We're taking a break.'
'A city-with-fancy-food sort of break?'

If only.

—— from the publisher's description

September's best pulse-quickening pager-turner. Marian Keyes at her most classic and brilliant best

—— Red

The ultimate choice . . . filled with the author's signature themes, think turbulent relationships, tricky families and the need for self-belief. Keyes' [is] an international treasure

—— Stylist

Fabulously entertaining, classic Keyes . . . a delightful reminder of why best selling Keyes has earned her crown as the queen of intelligent woman's fiction

—— The People

Cause for celebration . . . An engrossing novel full of wit and warmth. The humour never once detracts from the emotional depth.

—— Red

Cause for jubilation . . . This proves her to be the reigning queen of British chick lit . . . insightful, funny and poignant

—— Daily Mail

Praise for Marian Keyes

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Gloriously funny

—— The Sunday Times

Funny but poignant

—— Marie Claire

A total triumph

—— Daily Mail

Not only is it a great story with funny, loveable characters, it made me laugh out loud

—— Stylist

The scene is set for a great unravelling. People running from their pasts, presents and futures - what more could one ask for?

—— Connaught Telegraph

Skilful. Witty and fast-paced

—— The Week

Great fun

—— People

An insightful, twisty thriller set in a luxury retreat cut off from the outside world

—— Eastern Daily Press

Praise for Liane Moriarty

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Wise, honest, beautifully observed. One of the few writers I'll drop anything for

—— Jojo Moyes

Staggeringly brilliant, literally unputdownable

—— Sophie Hannah

Like drinking a pink cosmo laced with arsenic . . . a fun, engaging and sometimes disturbing read

—— USA Today

Keeps you guessing until the very end - perfect summer read

—— Reese Witherspoon

Moriarty writes vividly, wittily and wickedly

—— Sunday Express

Straight-from-life characters, knife-sharp insight and almost unbearable suspense will have you racing through it

—— Good Housekeeping

As brilliantly accomplished as it is dark, twisty and compulsive

—— Heat

Riveting drama packed with suspense and secrets

—— Woman & Home

Perfect

—— Hello!

A hell of a good book. Funny and scary

—— Stephen King

Fascinating and compassionate

—— Daily Telegraph

I loved every line of it

—— Louise Candlish

Funny and captivating

—— Closer

A cracking story cleverly told

—— Fabulous

Every single one of her books is a great read

—— E! Online

An ideal summer read

—— Live Preston & Fylde

Book Club Summer 2019 Pick

—— Silversurfers
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