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Watermelon | 
| Author: Marian Keyes
Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  75 reviews
Sales Rank: 5963
Media: Paperback
Edition: New edition
Pages: 624
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5 x 1.4
ISBN: 0099489988
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780099489986
ASIN: 0099489988
Publication Date: July 7, 2005
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Amazon.co.uk Review
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
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 Watermelon October 16, 2008
Be warned, do not read in public as your gonna look crazy laughing aloud... this book has is very funny! A great one to read if your feeling down!
wow October 12, 2008
A story of a woman's triumph through grief. As Claire is landed with a new born baby and a deserted husband, she's not quite sure what to do with herself. It seem's the only option is to go home to her quirky family. After she passes a few weeks of grief for her soon to be ex - husband, James, she meets her 18 year old sister's friend, Adam. He helps her through the worst time of her life and she finally comes to the decision that she doesn't need James anymore - that is until, he shows up. This book manages to capture the devestating and refreshing qualities of a broken marriage and how what may seem the worst thing in your life can also be the best.
Fabulous & So Real! September 29, 2008
Oh what a great book! This was my first Marian Keyes read and since I have read a further 2 and now on my fourth!
An excellent, funny read. It really does make you laugh out loud, and I guarantee most parts of the book you will really be able to relate to!
It's not one of those books where it takes a few chapters before it gets going as it really starts from chapter 1.
This is the first book about the Walsh family, I highly recommend you go on to read Rachels Holiday, Angels & Anybody Out There after this one.
Marian Keyes starts as she means to go on! August 31, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Marian Keyes first novel and the first book to follow the Walsh sisters starting with the oldest Claire.Marian Keyes starts as she means to go on!
Blast from the past August 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Oh Gosh, I came across this book recently after finding it in a second hand bookshop and bought it immediately as my original copy was obviously stolen by one of my flatmates all those years ago. I began reading chicklit in college when I was supposed to be studying and I read everything from Marian Keys to Patricia Scanlan. Watermelon blew me away though it was so funny. Written in the first person it's self depreciating honest and just an excellent read that tugs at the heart strings. It's the story of Claire, the first of the Walsh sisters and in this book Keyes demonstrates the raw talent that she has so successfully continued with throughout the years. I've read all her books now and pounce on them the minute they come out but Watermelon will always have a special place in my heart. It might not be the most sophisticated book ever but I just adore it. The authour, in my opinion is THE undisputed chicklit queen.
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