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Esta divertidísima recopilación de cuentos y artículos sobre los motivos recurrentes de la aclamada Marian Keyes permitirá a sus lectoras conoce en mayor profundidad a la autora de ¿Quién te lo ha contado?, sus manias y los grandes temas que pueblan sus narraciones, como las compras, la ropa, la familia, el chocolate... Chispa y humor a raudales, una Marian Keyes en estado puro, aun mas cercana y confidente que en sus novelas. Primer Capitulo:(c) 2005, Marian Keyes(c) 2006, Matuca Fernandez de Villavicencio, por la traduccion(c) 2006, Random House Mondadori, S.A. / Travessera de Gracia, 47-49. 08021 Barcelona

Setting the record straight about her life as a novelist (less glitz and glamour than sitting alone in a darkened bedroom with a laptop in front of her) Marian Keyes here presents a selection of her articles. These regular bulletins from a woman under the duvet include unpublished pieces.

Focused and hardworking, literary agent Jojo Harvey combines the body of Jessica Rabbit with the mind of a steel trap. While watching her back on the corporate ladder and keeping an eye out for the low-flying ceilings, she falls for her boss. Her married boss. Lily Wright, one of Jojo''s clients, is enjoying overnight success of her debut novel. But nagging doubts are surfacing and she''s all too aware of the fragile nature of her happiness. Her second novel doesnt want to be written-but she must deliver it. She''s already spent the advance-Anton, the ''Love of her Life'' persuaded her to buy their dream home. And then there''s the guilt about Gemma. Events Organiser extraordinaire Gemma Hogan was Lily''s best friend- until Lily stole Anton - also stole the ''Love of her Life''. Coping with the demands of her recently deserted mother, Gemma''s social life is flat-lining- a mortifying situation which makes for hilarious emails to a friend. Tales so funny, they come to the attention of literary agent Jojo Harvey who takes Gemma on as a client. All learning the hard way that the nature of real love can come in many forms ...

Maggie Walsh has always done everything right. Sensibly. By the book. Thirty-three and married to Garv for nine years, Maggie ‘never did any of that nasty sleeping around business’, as her mother never tires of telling people. She has a good job, is responsible with money and never puts a foot wrong. Until the day she runs away to Hollywood, that is, leaving her husband in the lurch. In LA Maggie finds that life couldn’t be more different. The primping, preening and partying are non-stop and even the palm trees are skinny. Staying with her best friend Emily, a struggling screenwriter, Maggie starts doing things she’s never done before. Like wearing tights on her head, mixing with film stars - even pitching scripts to studios - and much, much more. Including meeting the mysterious Troy, a man so non-stick he’s known as Human Teflon. Follow Maggie on a journey of discovery, from suburbia to a suntan - taking in some heartache and lots of martinis along the way - as she discovers what she really wants in life and why she really walked out of her marriage ...

The agent: Jojo, a highflying literary agent on the up, has just made a very bad career move: she''s jumped into bed with her married boss Mark...The bestseller: Jojo''s sweet-natured client Lily''s first novel is a roaring success. She and lover Anton celebrate by spending the advance for her second book. Then she gets writer''s block...The unknown: Gemma used to be Lily''s best friend - until Lily ''stole'' Anton. Now she''s writing her own story - painfully and hilariously - when supershark agent Jojo stumbles across it...When their fortunes become entangled, it seems too much to hope that they''ll all find a happy ending. But maybe they''ll each discover that there''s more than one side to every story...

De todas sus dislocadas hermanas, Maggie es la única chica normal. Hasta que un vuelco del destino la saca de su Irlanda natal hacia un turbulento destino hollywodense. El humor y la ironia de esta autora que ha cautivado a miles de lectoras con su vívido retrato de mujeres de hoy, en el destartalado mundo de hoy. 

Tal como demuestra su séptima novela, Marian Keyes sigue en estado de gracia. En esta ocasión se supera a sí misma con una deliciosa historia de amigas, amantes, padres, hijos y enredos para todos los gustos, mostrada desde el punto de vista de tres de sus personajes principales. Asi, en esta farsa "polifonica", se entrecruzaran sin solucion de continuidad un aluvion de malentendidos, adulterios, falsas promesas, abandonos, exitos y debacles profesionales que iran adquiriendo un nuevo color segun la voz narrativa se traslade desde Gemma, a quien abandona su marido por su ex mejor amiga, hasta Jojo, una americana triunfadora e hiperactiva, refractaria a los compromisos de pareja y liada con su jefe -casado y padre de dos hijos-, y Lily, la adorable amiga "traidora" de Gemma, escritora novel de gran exito. Una comedia hilarante, fresca e irresistible.

Tara, Katherine and Fintan have been best friends since they were teenagers in County Clare, in the days of pink stretch jeans and Duran Duran. Now they are in their early thirties only Fintan has found true love. Tara is making do with the dreadful Thomas, while Katherine's life is so orderly, the only relationship she wants is with her remote control. But life sometimes has a way of making changes for you. And fate steps in to alter all their lives in wholly unexpected ways.

Lucy ni siquiera tiene novio; a decir verdad, es poco afortunada en amores. Sin embargo, la señora Nolan, experta echadora de cartas, le ha pronosticado un inminente matrimonio. Sus entrañables compañeras de fatigas reciben la noticia con consternacion: la anunciada boda de Lucy puede poner fin a las alegres andanzas del grupo, a sus borracheras, sus comilonas, su incansable e infructuosa busqueda de hombres... Una novela frenetica e hilarante sobre las aventuras y las desventuras de la mujer moderna, siempre a medio camino entre sus limitaciones y sus ideales

Lisa e stata da poco spedita a Dublino dal suo editore, per il lancio di un nuovo magazine femminile. In questo preciso istante, se fosse stata a Londra, sarebbe a un party di Prada. E questo le pesa smisuratamente, ma non lo ammettera mai. Ashling Kennedy e un''ansiosa per antonomasia. Niente fidanzato, niente giro vita, troppo shopping. E nel profondo la continua sensazione che qualcosa nella sua esistenza manchi disperatamente. Clodagh ha una vita perfetta: un marito modello, due bambini adorabili, una splendida casa. Ma allora perche negli ultimi tempi, nonostante abbia gia il suo principe azzurro, sente un''irrefrenabile bisogno di baciare un rospo?

Anybody out there? is Marians best novel to date. Written in what has become the classic Marian style, marrying the darker parts of life with humor and wit, this novel will touch anyone whos ever lost someone close to them and had to endure the awful process of trying to move on with your life.