Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #803 in Books
• Published on: 2003-04-14
• Binding: Paperback
• 496 pages

Amazon.co.uk Review
A new Marian Keyes novel is always something to celebrate, and her sixth novel, Angels, will have you cheering. From the first couple of sentences: "I'd always lived a fairly blameless life. Up until the day I left my husband and ran away to Hollywood, I'd hardly ever put a foot wrong" to the hugely satisfying last page, you're immediately involved in the story of Maggie Walsh's life; of how it went wrong, and then went right again.

The Walshes starred in a previous Keyes novel, the delightful Rachel's Holiday; Maggie is Rachel's older sister, (one of five) and the only one who "never did any of that nasty sleeping around business". Instead she got married to her first boyfriend Paul Garvan and everything was fine, until they suffered a couple of "setbacks". Unable to face sorting out the difficulties, Maggie hightails it to Los Angeles to stay with her old pal Emily. Emily is a script writer, her short film A Perfect Day was a big hit in Ireland, but her working life is a little tougher in the land of sunshine and fat-free Pringles. The two girls, along with a supporting cast of wannabes, scary film studio folk and slacker next door neighbours, get on with sorting out their emotional issues in a stylishly witty, wonderfully warm fashion. Maggie's devilish ex-boyfriend and the commitment phobic Troy add in a delightful frisson of sexual tension.

Marian Keyes observations on the foibles of love and LA are laugh-out-loud funny, but there's a beguiling tenderness there too. By the time you reach the final full stop you'll be sighing with contentment, and just wishing that Marian would get a move on with the next book. --Eithne Farry

Synopsis
Maggie Walsh has always done everything by the book - right up until the day she walks out on her marriage. Follow her on a journey of discovery, from suburbia to a suntan, complete with cocktails and heartache, as she discovers what she really wants from life.

Customer Reviews

The story of another Walsh sister, Maggie this time around
Very good, not my favourite Keyes book, but still enjoyable. Once again, Marian's characterization is excellent. I was rooting for Maggie, and also for poor old Garv, her husband. Though he has a short lived affair, there are reasons behind this. He still loves Maggie, who has not been perfect herself. This story is about Maggie recovering from a past love and two miscarriages. She finally puts the past behind her and realises where her place is - with Garv. Garv is lovely (yes, even though he slept with another woman, but not until Maggie actually left him). But like Maggie said to him, you can be unfaithful with your emotions, something she is also guilty of. The ending is just right. Almost from the beginning I was supportive of Garv, and hoped that he and Maggie would get back together. It seemed right somehow. The other members of the Walsh family appear, and are hilarious as usual. Emily, Maggie's best friend, is also very nice and you find yourself rooting for her, work and relationship wise. The story moves from Ireland to LA, and MK's take on La-La land is very funny and witty. I would recommend this book.

not bad.....
Nowhere near as good as Rachel's Holiday or Watermelon. The characters weren't likeable and all the stuff about "this town" (LA) was so cliched and fake. It didnt make for as warm, comfortable reading as her other books. I wont read it again.

fake book
I used to like Marian Keyes but thought this book was horrible. It was a nasty attack on Los Angeles by a woman who's clearly never lived there. Horrible, vile and twisted. It has really put me off this Irish dwarf