The Woman Who Stole My Life: British Book Awards Author of the Year 2022

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And if they don't, how do we deal with that, especially if we're the ones who seem to have been given more than our share of tragedy? And I totally understand if she is a little off her game right now, having battled severe depression for some time. Everything goes south from there, the story zigzagging from past to present in a confusing and unnecessary way. The story was shallow and saccharine overall, with a basted-together ending that didn't seem to be supported by anything that had happened before it. I could not give it fewer than three stars, but that is largely because of an interesting idea and good narration.

The timeline is a little messy to begin with, starting with a fender bender that happened a few weeks before Stella got sick and then jumping to the 'present day' almost two years later and then back in time - heralded by a quote from the book Stella wrote after her recovery - to the day her illness was diagnosed. In this case I liked very much how the book was broken up into different parts - giving us a greater context from which to read from.We are introduced to Stella Sweeney, who is 40, stuck in a marriage to an awful man (more on that later) and a mother to two teenagers.

I'm not really too keen, it seems, on stories of those in their early 40s dealing with broken relationships, teenaged children (although Jeffrey's "rebellion" was at least quirky - I mean foraging) and intensely sexual relationships.But somehow, though people kept telling me I should give her a try, I never got around to it until now. She graduated from University College Dublin with a law degree, and after completing her studies, she took an administrative job before moving to London in 1986. In addition to her fifteen novels, Marian has also written two collections of journalism, upon which the recent hit BBC Radio 4 show Between Ourselves is based. Fast forward in time to last week, I had just finished my previous Audio book and I didn't know what to pick up next and the only other unread item was The Luminaries and I am just not ready to go back there yet, so Marian it was.

I found it very funny and warming - the only irritation was some of the characters were a bit extreme at times.The structure was clever, leading me to persevere because I wanted to know how the story had arrived at the scenario at the beginning. I should have been able to relate to Stella easily, we are of a similar age and stage of life, and I did in some respects, but I soon found I didn't like her much once she recovered from her illness. She became known worldwide for Watermelon, Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married, and This Charming Man, with themes including domestic violence and alcoholism.

Shouty Man shouted a lot and kept jabbing his finger at me, and Range Rover Man was talking soothingly, and I watched them both like I was watching a movie. We also sell a wide range of refurbished Mobile Phones and Tech from major brands like Apple, Samsung, Sony, Microsoft and much more. She was born in Limerick in 1963, and brought up in Cavan, Cork, Galway and Dublin; she spent her twenties in London, and lives now in Dun Laoghaire with her husband, Tony.

There’s a sense that the author had a ball writing her book, and her enjoyment is infectious as the book has a glorious effervescent quality. You have to look smiley and act nice all the time, or else people will say, ‘The fame went to her head. Keyes appeared on BBC's Imagine, aired in February 2022, [5] [6] explaining to Alan Yentob how she was distracted from her resolved end-of-life attempt by an episode of "Come Dine With Me"; husband and assistant Tony defused the drama by saying, "let's see how you feel when we've finished watching it," and so began her slow recovery from depression. So let’s look at the karmic fallout from my good deed – three cars, all of them damaged, one wounded forehead, much irateness, shouting, raised blood pressure, financial worry and deep, deep blush-making humiliation. Okay, maybe that second-last sentence needs to be tidied up, but, fundamentally, I’m out of the traps.