Product Description

The agent Jojo, a high-flying literary agent on the up, has just made a very bad career move: she’s jumped into bed with her married boss Mark… The bestseller Jojo’s sweet-natured client Lily’s first novel is a roaring success. She and lover Anton celebrate by spending the advance for her second book. Then she gets writer’s block… The unknown Gemma used to be Lily’s best friend – until Lily ‘stole’ Anton. Now she’s writing her own story – painfully and hilariously – when supershark agent Jojo stumbles across it… When their fortunes become entangled, it seems too much to hope that they’ll all find a happy ending. But maybe they’ll each discover that there’s more than one side to every story…

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3308 in Books
• Published on: 2005-03-10
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 656 pages

Irish Tatler
Her writing sparkles and the world is a better place for her books

The Irish Times
Her characters are as strong as her plot lines and the dialogue sparkles and rings true

Irish Independent
A superior storyteller who thoroughly deserves her bestselling status

Customer Reviews

best read in a long time
Wow! What a fun, provokative, fabulously written book that i just couldn't put down - I just finished it tonight and i'm really quite sad at the thought of losing Gemma (hysterical!) and Johnny, Owen, Mam and Dad, Lilly, Anton and Jo-Jo - what a cast! I'm inspired to buy this book and send it to a few of my girly-friends around the world - the word must be spread! I would give more than 5 stars if i could - especially now i know how the Amazon star rating system is benchmarked by those authors and publishers.....

Slow at first but really gets you gripped!
I have to say I almost peed with excitment when I saw "the other side of the story" in a bookshop in Dublin Airport...I grabbed it, petrified that hundreds of women would run out of nowhere and take all the copies! I clutched it to my chest like a winning lottery ticket and headed home to have a long bath and READ! at first I was disappointed, it took a while to get into, but as soon as you hit Jojo it's superb...MK is a genius! I have about 30 pages left and I am pacing myself. I really want to read Mimi's Remedies though!

Well done, see you again next year!

Hillarious
Marian Keyes is one of the authors that has been suggested to me several times but it wasn't until recently that I finally got around to reading one of her books, and 'The Other Side of the Story' was the perfect place to start!

This book was amazing! The three characters were all likeable (although I will say, surprisingly, Gemma was my favourite) and it was great to see the way they were connected. For someone who hopes to one day be a published author themselves, it was a brilliant insight into the difficulties that lie ahead.

Entertaining, funny and wonderfully written, I'd reccomend this book to anyone. Such a great read!