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Marian Keyes (Author)
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Publication Date: 14 Jun 2001

'Dammit,' she realized. 'I think I'm having a nervous breakdown.'

Hot-shot magazine editor Lisa Edwards' career is destined for high-rise New York when suddenly she's diverted to low-rise Dublin. But what can she do about it?

Ashling Kennedy, Lisa's super-organized assistant, worries about everything from her lack of waist to the lack of men in her life. She's even anxious about of a little bit of raw fish ...

Clodagh Kelly is Ashling's best friend and has her prince, her beautiful kids and a lovely house - everything in fact that Ashling ever wanted. She should be - yet, she's not - happy.

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  • Paperback: 576 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin; Re-issue edition (14 Jun 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0140271813
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140271812
  • Product Dimensions: 12.9 x 3.4 x 19.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (101 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 103,827 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Sushi For Beginners has all the right ingredients for a thirtysomething novel. The thirtysomething girls are there, looking for a better job, a better man, ANYTHING other than what they've already got; there are men to die for and men you wish would drop dead, preferably in agony. And these "so-real you can pinch 'em" people live their lives in a funny, thrilling, sad world that you wish hadn't just ended when you turn the last page. But there is more, because this one is written by best-selling Irish author Marian Keyes.

Where her previous best-seller, Last Chance Saloon, featured Irish folk living in London, Sushi For Beginners is set in Keyes' hometown, Dublin. The only "foreigner" here is Lisa from London, a real madam whose longed-for promotion to Manhattan magazine is knocked off-course a few thousand miles when she is forced to accept the editorship of Colleen, a new magazine for young women, billed by the publishers as "dumbed-down" but definitely "sexy". Lisa would frankly rather eat one of her freebie Patrick Cox stilettos. Still a job is a job, and anyhow, Irish MD Jack Devine could just turn out to be a major consolation prize. Lisa's deputy at Colleen is Ashling, a Little Miss Fix-It, whose early role reversal with her mother (thanks to the latter's nervous breakdown) has induced an organisational paranoia and a handbag filled with emergency equipment to meet any eventuality. Oh, and a best friend whose motives might not always be in Ashling's best interests.

This is a story of three girls' lives, what's made them what they are and their search for happiness--sometimes found in unlikely places and sometimes lost forever. With Sushi For Beginners, Keyes is fast becoming the undisputed Queen of her genre. She is wincingly accurate and wickedly funny, and while she can tackle big issues like homelessness (no pun intended) with honest feeling devoid of over-sentimentality, her insight into the aspirations of thirtysomething women at the turn of the 21st century sets her high above the competition. --Carey Green This review refers to the hardcover edition of this title. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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"'Marian Keyes is the queen of feel-good fiction. Her hip, heart-warming comedies have made her the hottest young female writer in Britain and the voice of a generation' Mirror"
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4.0 out of 5 stars Once you get stuck in it's hard to get out 4 Sep 2001
By michal_sheleg@excite.com
Format:Paperback
I finished this book about a month ago, while I was on holiday and I really enjoyed it. The different lives of the characters mean you're never bored with just one storyline, and every one is easy to relate to. The book is realistic, funny, sad in places (read with kleenex) and leaves you feeling that maybe the world isnt such a bad place after all. Although the characters are all in their late twenties, or thirty-something, and I'm about a decade behind them, I totally identified with their men-worries, etc. If you need a girly pick-me-up, I recommend it.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Chick lit at its best 13 Jan 2009
By Hayles
Format:Hardcover
This was my first Marian Keyes book and I was pleasantly surprised by how good to was. So mnay women try and fail to write intelligent, funny chick lit that stops short of being sentimental or down right silly. Keyes create characters we believe in and care about and manages to get the balance right between action, emotion and humour. There are enough twists and turns to make sure the plot mirrors real life and is a real page turner. This would be an ideal holiday read - satisfying without being earth-shattering.
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5.0 out of 5 stars TOTALY ADDICTIVE! 10 Oct 2001
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This is the first Marian Keyes book I've read. It's totally addictive! If your looking for a laugh-out-loud book that you can't put down, this one's for you!
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