- Paperback: 624 pages
- Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd; New edition edition (2 Jun 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0099429985
- ISBN-13: 978-0099429982
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11.4 x 4.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (100 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 306,399 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Marian Keyes begins Watermelon with a rather inauspicious romantic opening when the heroine's husband leaves her for Denise from the flat downstairs the day their first child is born. Claire, the deserted wife and mother, returns to her family in Dublin and, after going through the required stages of "Loss, Loneliness, Hopelessness and Humiliation", begins to feel much better--so much better that when James tries to win his way back into her affections, he gets more than he bargained for.
The author's style is too blunt and her setting too suburban (with its all-too-human heroine struggling to keep her sanity, tend to her new-born baby, fight it out with siblings and begin to love again) to be a traditional romance, but there is enough chemistry and mystery to keep you guessing in the lip-smacking Watermelon--a dish that may not fill you up but will certainly give you a taster of Marian Keyes' work, of which there is much to sample, including Lucy Sullivan is getting Married, Rachel's Holiday and Last Chance Saloon. --Nicola Perry --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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When Claire's husband James leaves her the day after their child is born, in the absence of any better offers, she returns to her family - to her beautiful sister, her soap-watching mother and bewildered father. By the time James slithers back, he's in for a bit of a surprise.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
a must read!!!,
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This review is from: Watermelon (Paperback)
this is an amazingly funny book! really is great, if your in any doubt buy it!! its worth it, it was the first marian keyes book and bought, and ive read is twice and its still great! you cant put it down you can really relate to poor old claire, and you really want to help her in her hour of need!! really is brilliant, go and buy!
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Oh My God!,
By dizzyshelly "dizzyshelly" (Poole, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Watermelon (Paperback)
I totally loved this book! I was hooked by the end of chapter one! I previously read angels in this series and a couple of others by the same auther and this has to be the best by far! Although I did feel like jumping into the book and shaking James till his head fell off! What a really nasty person! How Claire didnt slap him I will never know!
I would seriously recomend this book for anyone wanting a night in and a laugh! Do not go out in public and read this book, its too embarrassing when you laugh out loud!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A delightful read,
This review is from: Watermelon (Paperback)
I read this book not long after my second child was born and it made me laugh out loud (and shed a tear or two) although this might have had something to do with my own raging hormones. I loved all Claire's family, the characters were warm, funny and believable. I was sad the get to the end of the book and delighted to find out that Marian Keyes had also written further books about Claire's sisters.
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