Under the Duvet
Deluxe Edition - British Book Awards Author of the Year 2022
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
Get comfortable, sink under the covers and dip into the hilarious Under the Duvet: Deluxe Edition for a behind-the-scenes glimpse into bestselling author Marian Keyes' life . . .
'A must-read for all. Keyes' funny and poignant tales will have you chuckling' Heat
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'Let's get one thing straight: I'm not an outdoorsy type. If I was offered the choice between white-water rafting and being savaged by a rabid dog, I'd be likely to tick the box marked "dog"'
Under the Duvet brings together Marian Keyes' unputdownable and utterly irresistible journalism and musings on life.
Whether it's shopping, travel, feminism or fashion, Marian takes us on a riotous anecdote-packed journey into her weird and wonderful world.
There are adventures with fake tan, love affairs with shoes and nail varnish, and, as a special treat, she includes seven of her hard-to-find (and, she tells us, harder to write) short stories.
Essential for every Marian Keyes fan, Under the Duvet is the essential companion for bedtime reading and - let's face it - our lives as a whole.
AS HEARD ON THE BBC RADIO 4 SERIES 'BETWEEN OURSELVES WITH MARIAN KEYES'
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'Warm, witty Keyes is unfailingly good company' Radio Times
'Bright, funny and clever' Daily Mail
'I laughed like a drain' Observer
'Light and extremely agreeable' Guardian
'Hilarious' Stylist
'Everything this woman touches turns into comic gold' Cosmopolitan
'A poet of the everyday . . . noticing everything about everything, rendering situations instantly recognisable and funny' Daily Mail
This edition includes both Under the Duvet and Further Under the Duvet
Winner of 'Author of the Year' at the British Book Awards May 2022
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In lesser hands, a collection of personal essays such as these might read like a self-indulgent exercise in tedium. Happily, Irish novelist Keyes (Angels; Sushi for Beginners) doesn't take herself too seriously, and her essays, many of which were previously published in magazines, manage to strike the right balance of true-to-life observations, confessions and pointed humor. As the title suggests, her topics run the gamut: friends and family, her work, her shoe obsession. She also offers wry observations on the different cultures she's encountered on her book tours. In L.A., for example, she describes dining at a restaurant where the waiter,"a firm-jawed, orange plastic type," recited the day's specials--all fat- and lactose-free, of course. When her friend ordered a steak,"there was an appalled intake of breath. Red Meat!" Keyes' essay on her recovery from alcoholism avoids the pitfalls of sappiness or self-congratulation; dodging overly"poetic" embellishments, she just tells it like it is. At her lowest point, she recounts her suicide attempt:"Hardly believing what I was doing, I swallowed every pill I could find and waited to die. But as I drifted into unconsciousness, I had a moment of clarity ... maybe I could live without alcohol." But most of the essays never touch such depressing topics. In fact, Keyes' unexpected, hilarious one-liners liberally fill out her essays, such as her description of the ordeal of house hunting. Shocked at how young her real estate agent appears, Keyes tells her husband,"I'm not buying a house from someone whose balls haven't dropped yet." Her fiction fans will delight in this comic look at the author's life.
