Grown Ups
Marian Keyes
2020 • Michael Joseph
I write to reflect the world I see, and I see that many women have a disordered relationship with food and their body. It is utterly tragic. I am an alcoholic in recovery and it’s very simple for me: I just don’t drink, I never try, and it makes it very easy. But food, we need it to survive. People realise now that bulimia is an addiction, it’s an illness, it’s not just some phase a person goes through.
— Marian Keyes
Grown Ups
Marian Keyes
2020 • Michael Joseph
I write to reflect the world I see, and I see that many women have a disordered relationship with food and their body. It is utterly tragic. I am an alcoholic in recovery and it’s very simple for me: I just don’t drink, I never try, and it makes it very easy. But food, we need it to survive. People realise now that bulimia is an addiction, it’s an illness, it’s not just some phase a person goes through.
— Marian Keyes
Description
They’re a glamorous family, the Caseys. Johnny Casey, his two brothers Ed and Liam, their beautiful, talented wives and all their kids spend a lot of time together–birthday parties, anniversary celebrations, weekends away. And they’re a happy family. Johnny’s wife, Jessie–who has the most money–insists on it.
Under the surface, though, conditions are murkier. While some people clash, other people like each other far too much . . .
Still, everything manages to stay under control–that is, until Ed’s wife, Cara, gets a concussion and can’t keep her thoughts or opinions to herself. One careless remark at Johnny’s birthday party, with the entire family present, and Cara starts spilling all their secrets.
Excerpts
Interviews
- RTÉ: Marian Keyes – ‘I Felt I was all Washed up at 30’
- The Sunday Post: ‘Bestselling Author Marian Keyes on Humour Being her Lifeline and Calling Time on Toxic Masculinity’
- The Guardian: Marian Keyes - ‘I Have an Asymmetrical Face. I Look as Though I’ve been Painted by Picasso’
- Stuff: 'Marian Keyes on Why her Books aren't Self-Therapy'
- Irish Independent: Marian Keyes - 'From the Age of 11, I Felt Guilt about Every Bite of Food I Put in my Mouth'
- The Sunday Times: Marian Keyes - ‘I Thought I Would Never Feel Normal Again, Let Alone Happy’
Reviews
- Katy Guest, The Guardian
- Sinéad Crowley, RTÉ
- Niamh Donnelly, The Irish Times
- Patricia Nicol, The Times
- Laurie Hertzel, The Star Tribune
- Francesca Steele, i News
- Caitriona Clear, Dublin Review of Books
- Grace Kelly, Dublin Book Festival
- Ashleigh Berry, Booktopia
- Publishers Weekly
Audio
- City of Books: #2 Life Lessons with Marian Keyes
- Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books: Marian Keyes, Grown Ups
- ABC: Marian Keyes on Growing Up
Video
- Penguin Books: Marian Keyes Reading
- Dublin City Literature: Dublin City Libraries Readers’ Day 2020 with Marian Keyes
- And the Plot Thickens: Marian Keyes on her Side-Splitting New Novel, 'Grown Ups'
- The Reading List: Virtual Book Launch - Marian Keyes Chats about her New Novel Grown Ups
- The Reading Nook: Grown Ups - Book Talk with Author Marian Keyes
- Wellbeing of Women: Virtual Literary Lunch - Marian Keyes and Eve Pollard
- edbookfest: Marian Keyes – Family Matters
- At Home with 4 Indies: At Home with Marian Keyes
- Kobo: Marian Keyes on Getting Older … but Never Feeling Grown Up
- Easons Ireland: #EasonsAsks – Marian Keyes
- Penguin Books UK: Marian Keyes | Facebook Live Stream | At Home With Penguin
