About the Book
The new classic from the queen of contemporary fiction
A brand-new book from the Number One bestselling author of The Break and The Woman Who Stole My Life
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 . . .
Everything stays under control until Ed's wife Cara, gets concussion and can't keep her thoughts to herself. One careless remark at Johnny's birthday party, with the entire family present, starts Cara spilling out all their secrets.
In the subsequent unravelling, every one of the adults finds themselves wondering if it's time - finally - to grow up?
About the Author :
Marian Keyes is the international bestselling author of Watermelon, Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married, Rachel's Holiday, Last Chance Saloon, Sushi for Beginners, Angels, The Other Side of the Story, Anybody Out There, This Charming Man, The Brightest Star in the Sky, The Mystery of Mercy Close, The Woman Who Stole My Life, The Break and Grown Ups. Her journalism, collected under two titles, Making It Up As I Go Along and Under the Duvet- Deluxe Edition, containing the original publications Under the Duvet and Further Under the Duvet, are also available from Penguin. Marian lives in Dublin with her husband.
Review :
Comic, convincing and true. Grown Ups has an almost Austenesque insight into character. Keyes knows how to make serious issues relatable - and get a few grownup laughs, too
Messy, tangled complex humans who reminded me that few of us ever really sort out our lives at all
Magnificently messy lives, brilliantly untangled. Funny, tender and completely absorbing!
I loved every word of Grown Ups. I will be missing those gorgeous vibrant characters for many weeks to come. There should be a word to describe the sadness and satisfaction you feel when you read the last page of a Marian Keyes novel: the ending is perfect but you still want more, more, more
I LOVED Grown Ups so much. It's SUCH a treat. I felt like I was rolling in PURE JOY throughout. The cleverest cream cake of words
You may have written the best book of your career
Funny and moving, with an acute eye for family foibles
It is charming, funny and poignant. But also profound, heartbreaking. If you already love Marian, this is her best yet. If you haven't read her, this is the one
Marian Keyes shows superb skill at tackling tough themes in this tale of a clan with secrets. Grown Ups is a warm-hearted, wise and highly entertaining portrayal of how families behave; and of the love and tolerance required to sustain our closest relationships
A novel that is warm and witty but never afraid to tackle the big stuff
Keyes at her best: capturing everyday voices with humour and empathy with writing that you'll devour in a weekend. Just pure and simple joy.
A brilliant bunch of flawed individuals, all battling to understand themselves and those around them. Definitely worth devouring this year! What a treat
Marian's chatty style pulls readers in with warmth, wit and high drama
Grown Ups is big-hearted and entertaining, dark, funny and hugely empathetic
Keyes is so ambitious, funny and compassionate it's no wonder so many adore her writing
Her most ambitious work. Delightful, bursting with wit and compassion
Keyes's latest novel might just be her greatest . . . Subtle, sophisticated storytelling
This beauty of a book just took the crown as my new favourite Marian Keyes novel (and that is a HIGH bar). It's tender, hilarious, important, with characters who feel as real as your own family by the time you're done. I put it down and felt bereft
A book that will make you laugh out loud, get choked up, and be very annoyed when you get to the end and have to say goodbye to all these characters. Marian's storytelling skills make you care deeply about each and every one of them
Funny, thought-provoking and will get you right in the feels
THIS BOOK. Reader, I LOVED it. Funny & thoughtful & such brilliantly drawn characters I am genuinely bereft that my time with them is over. And it tackles some REALLY important issues with immense sensitivity & insight
Rejoice! Marian's back with her best book yet! An absolutely brilliant story with a very powerful emotional punch
At times heart-warming, at other times heartbreaking . . . This highly entertaining book is frustratingly hard to put down and can be easily devoured over a weekend
A new book from the witty Irish novelist. When Cara Casey suffers concussion, she starts spilling the secrets of her glamorous, talented family. All is not as it seems
Sensitive, funny, wonderful, immensely touching
Immersive... I absolutely loved it!
Grown Ups is perfection. Smart, dark, layered. Her best yet!
Marian Keyes's gift for storytelling is utterly magnificent. I feel like I've met every single character in this book. I may even be a character in this book. Nobody nails chaotic families like Marian
She's only gone and done it again! I love Marian Keyes' books with a passion and now she's got a fabulous new one on the way! Brilliant as ever
It's a page-turner you won't be able to put down
Marian Keyes manages to wrap family dynamics, female angst, good jokes and serious stuff into a really appealing form
Marian Keyes is back with a witty and dramatic story about the Caseys, a family who seem perfect on the surface but hold some big secrets between them. When one of them starts to spill the truth after suffering concussion, things start to unravel in hilarious ways
Happy making with glorious wit
This has the ingredients of the best of Keyes: great characters, laughs and poignancy. Keyes brilliantly captures that feeling of never quite being a grown-up, no matter your age
We've heard whispers that this could be the much-loved author's best novel yet
The irresistible tale of an enviably glamorous family forced to confront itself
Tackling the realities of modern-day consumerism, Keyes' new book Grown Ups is the story of three brothers and their families written with her usual deft mix of witty storytelling and delicate touchpoint topics. It's brilliant so read it
The queen of the classy comfort read returns with this warm, wise and witty family saga which asks what really lies behind the happiest of facades
A family drama, where a concussion causes a spilling of secrets with amusing results
A new Keyes is always cause for celebration. The wit and warmth of her words in her 14th novel tell the story of the Caseys, a supposedly perfect family, torn apart by a careless remark at a birthday party
Marian Keyes is back and all is right with the world. No one mixes humour and heartbreak quite like Marian
The latest novel from the beloved Irish author, Grown Ups delves into the Casey family whose secrets start to spill after one member gets concussed
This is vintage Keyes
Grown Ups is big-hearted and entertaining, a dark, funny and empathetic exploration of a dysfunctional family and the loving ties that bind them together
A new novel by Marian Keyes is always cause for celebration, and this latest is a corker. By the end you'll definitely feel part of the family
No one knows better than Marian Keyes what it's like trying to be a grown up in modern Ireland. Keyes is on top form as ever, and this delightful book will warm those cold winter bones
A heartening, pacey read
Smart, savvy and very funny, Keyes takes the pulse of the nation while simultaneously tickling its funny bone
Promises themes of love and family, all bound together with Keyes' trademark humour
A hilarious read
Bursting with wit and compassion. Grown ups is as alive, complicated and chaotic as any real-life family, evoking extraordinary tenderness, pain and humour.
The queen of fiction has launched another blockbuster. I couldn't put this book down
Chuck envy, illicit passion and financial pressures into the pot and soon this carefully constructed broth is simmering to the boil
Funny, clever and hilarious and the rest, an epic tale of an epic family, the Caseys
A wonderful story, filled with heartbreak, empathy and Keyes's trademark humour . . . You'll laugh, cry, and might even have your heart broken, but it's definitely worth it
A funny and thoughtful read
Up there with her best
A fabulous account of family and secrets, calling into question how civilised and "grown up" any of us actually are
A fabulous account of family and secrets
Marian Keyes nails the zeitgeist while handling a huge cast of characters with aplomb
The absolute queen of astute, moving and cracking-good-fun contemporary fiction returns
Dazzlingly brilliant
Brilliant as ever
It's everything you could want in a Keyes book - funny, warm, tender and a complete page turner
A fabulous account of family and secrets, calling into question how civilised and "grown up" any of us actually are
A witty and compassionate story of modern life and relationships
An entertaining, sharp read that peels back the layers and nuances which shape the realities of family life and being an adult. Humorous, heart-warming and relatable
Packed with emotional turmoil, but is light on her trademark wry wit and acerbic humour
Keyes touches on the difficulties of broken relationships; eating disorders; emotional insecurity and other weighty subjects with her trademark humour and lightness of touch
Our Marian is back! And Grown Ups is one of her best yet, creating another memorable family saga
Brilliantly plotted family saga
A warm-hearted and wise tale of a family in trouble. Packed full of sharp observations and laugh-out-loud lines
Her writing just gets better and better . . . Grown Ups is funny and clever in the way it tackles addiction and eating disorders and the hurly burly of family life
A sharp satire of family dynamics and the trappings of wealth. It is a delicious thing - light and dark at once, full of acid observations and warmth, and fully attuned to the absurdities of familial life
An entertaining story of family dynamics packed with vibrant characters, humour and empathy
A sharp, wry tale about a seemingly happy family with contemporary problems . . . despite the traumas, you'll whizz through it with a smile on your face
Keyes's captivating 14th novel tackles difficult issues with a sparkling style that makes it impossible to put down
Marian Keyes is the most wonderful writer. She just gets better and better. She is a writer who believes in the best of us. She shows people's foibles but she also shows the love that binds us together in a very real way
Her novels tackle hard subjects with such humour and warmth its impossible not to be drawn in
Another high-definition family comedy. An intoxicating, effervescent and warm look at modern life
A delightful and insightful examination of the modern family
Laughter and tears intertwine, as ever, in the latest from our leading chronicler of the emotional messiness of contemporary life
The strength of this book lies in its relatability factor - I laughed, cried, nodded in recognition and laughed again
Shines a light on the frustrations and gripes of family life, while inviting us to laugh at the petty reality of it all
A book to fall into and while away hours with
Funny, thought-provoking and hitting you right in the feels, Marian Keyes does it again
I loved this complex family drama . . . Keyes nails every character she touches while keeping it all so relevant
Praise for Marian Keyes
Mercilessly funny
Everything this woman touches turns to comic gold
Comic, convincing and true. The warmth and empathy of Keyes's writing shine through this tale of family secrets revealed.
Clever, hilarious, poignant . . . Gloriously funny
Wildly funny, romantic and nearly impossible to put down
Her writing is a lovely mixture of funny and perceptive and bittersweet
Full of brilliantly funny characters, genuine emotion and heaps of charm
Her books are humorous and have the quality of a warm bath
Classic Marian Keyes: a blizzard of wit and wisecracks
Keyes is an international treasure. The ultimate choice for a binge read
When it comes to writing page-turners that put a smile on your face and make you think, Keyes is in a class of her own
Fabulously entertaining. The queen of intelligent women's fiction
Full of darkness and light, this is Keyes at her classic and most brilliant best
Keyes writes about women who are absolutely themselves, even when society tries to insist they are something else
Glorious, life-affirming
Marian's glorious, warm-hearted wit is always guaranteed to make me laugh on the very first page
There is no finer writer than Marian Keyes
She really is unparalleled when it comes to making serious points with the lightest of touches
Hilariously wise
Brutal yet endearing honesty, wonderful humour and astonishing acumen
Keyes writes extremely well about modern women. Candid and deeply felt
Marian Keyes has an unparalleled talent for making you howl with laughter, nod in recognition and think at the same time
Always brilliant - and brilliantly funny
A publishing sensation
There are few fiction writers today with as much verve and sense of independence as Marian Keyes
