“Further Under the Duvet”
by Marian Keyes
Published: September 2006
ISBN: 0141021233

(Updated: December 17, 2006.)

From the Publisher…

Lift up the covers, get yourself comfortable and let Marian take you places you’ve never been before…

Places like the Irish air-guitar championships, a shopping trip to Bloomingdales with a difference and Cannes with a chronic case of Villa-itis. Along the way you’ll encounter knicker-politics, fake tans, sticky-out ears and passionate love affairs both with make-up and Toblerones. And of course, agony aunt, Mammy Walsh is on hand to solve all your problems.

Hilarious and poignant, down-to-earth and moving, Marian’s long-awaited second volume of journalism and previously unpublished writing is the modern woman’s perfect companion. So put the kettle on and grab that Kit Kat Chunky — everything else will wait.

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, and, most recently The Other Side of the Story a Sunday Times Number One Bestseller. She is published in twenty-nine different languages. A collection of her journalism, called Under the Duvet, is also available in Penguin. Marian lives in Dublin with her husband.

Collections of originally-unrelated work are tough to put together in a cohesive and enjoyable “collection” way but… I did enjoy this book more than I did Under the Duvet.

The personal stories presented in this collection felt a little less forced (more open and honest, less self-deprecating and hence more naturally “funny” to me) and the fictional works were a relief to find.

In my books, this was a two-and-a-half out of five hearts “read” and I write that knowing that I probably would have enjoyed the published, non-fictive works a whole lot more in their original context. And, I do prefer Ms. Keyes’ works of fiction.