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Watermelon | 
 enlarge | Author: Marian Keyes
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Category: Book
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Rating:  74 reviews
Sales Rank: 250005
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 419
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 6.5 x 1.3
ISBN: 038097617X
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
UPC: 071001015959
EAN: 9780380976171
ASIN: 038097617X
Publication Date: July 1998
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Condition: Dispatched from the US -- Expect delivery in 2-3 weeks. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy!
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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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 wow October 12, 2008
Ms. GK Bowkett
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
Catht711 (Liverpool UK)
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
Miss Jessica (West Midlands,England)
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
Zara (Belfast)
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.
Not a bad start July 29, 2008
S. Firth (Leeds, UK)
i know this is marian's first book, and you can really tell too. i've only read one other book of hers (last chance saloon), but could really tell the difference. i wasnt sure i was going to like this book at first. It reminded me of sophie kinsella's books that are written from the characters point of view, and i never prefered that. the first chapter was slightly annoying, it had lots of 'funny' bits written in brackets. and i just wanted to get on with the story, it was like marian was trying too hard to be too funny and witty. it did get better after that though. and it got even better after claire came out of her depressed state (not that you could blame her). I especially LOVED the character of adam. if only men like that exisited! and really hated james. wow, claire should of punched him and cut his bits off.
I also loved claire's mad family. they provided much of the laughs of the book. especially helen and anna. i have the other books too about the walsh family and i'm looking forward to reading them too. I'm happy to say my early doubts of this book were wrong, and it proved to be a much much better book than i thought it would be. and if i was a writer i would be very happy if my first book was like this!
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