Product Description

Publishing phenomenon Marian Keyes is back again with her new novel Anybody Out There?, a touching and funny account of Anna Walsh and her journey from her parents’ "Good Front Room" to the resumption of her life in New York where she was living with her gorgeous husband Aidan and had "The Best Job In The World". However, back in Manhattan Aidan seems to have vanished, but Anna seems him everywhere – walking down the street and passing by in a bus – so why won’t he return her calls?

Anybody Out There? tells the story of Dubliner Anna, the fourth of five Walsh sisters, the family readers have come to know and love in Watermelon, Rachel’s Holiday and Angels. We are also introduced to the life of the other Walsh sister Helen, who’s job as a private investigator sees her hiding in bushes and getting caught up in the Dublin criminal underworld – with hilarious consequences!

Marian Keyes outsold all British or Irish authors last year, a testament to the popularity of her writing style. Marian’s new novel Anybody Out There? is part-suspense novel, part-comedy and part-tragedy, but fully enthralling!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #166974 in Books
• Published on: 2006-04-06
• Released on: 2006-04-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 608 pages

Synopsis
'I had to go back to New York and try to find him. There was a chance he mightn't be there but I had to give it a go because there was one thing I was certain of: he wasn't here.' Anna Walsh is officially a wreck. Physically broken and emotionally shattered, she lies on her parents' Dublin sofa with only one thing on her mind: getting back to New York. New York means her best friends, The Most Fabulous Job In The World and above all, it means her husband, Aidan. But nothing in Anna's life is that simple anymore! Not only is her return to Manhattan complicated by her physical and emotional scars - but Aidan seems to have vanished. Is it time for Anna to move on? Is it even possible for her to move on? A motley group of misfits, an earth-shattering revelation, two births and one very weird wedding might help Anna find some answers - and will change her life forever. Hilarious, heartbreaking and life-affirming, Marian's unforgettable new novel is as epic as it is entertaining.

From the Inside Flap
Dubliner Anna is the fourth of five Walsh sisters who seems to have it all - gorgeous husband Aidan, an apartment in Manhattan and The Best Job In The World. So it's not surprising she doesn't want to stay for long in her parents' Good Front Room in Blackrock, where there's nothing to do but watch the antics of her sister Helen who spends most of her time hiding in bushes with binoculars trying to catch errant spouses 'at it'.

Anna doesn't wait too long before heading back to her life in New York - her ridiculous mandatory work wardrobe and gut-clenching Monday Morning Meetings, the city of eight minute speeding dating, the Labradoodle and Feathery Strokers.

Back in Manhattan Anna sees Aidan everywhere - walking down the street and passing by in a bus - so why won't he return her calls or emails?

Meanwhile, Helen's professional life becomes weirder than fiction when she gets entangled in the Dublin criminal underworld and is charged with spying on Mrs Big and Racey O'Grady. And who is the old lady encouraging her dog to do 'his business' outside the Walsh house? And how far is Mammy Walsh willing to go to put a stop to it?

One thing's for sure, when the Walsh women get together there's no telling how things will turn out…

Hold onto your handbags for the new Marian Keyes!

Customer Reviews

Horrid book
Deeply upsetting, deeply depressing. Absolutely hateful book. I too have only been married to my dream man for a short amount of time, and this book will give me nightmares for a time to come. It's one of the worst things I can think of come true and described in detail for hundreds of pages. Burning is too good for this - this horror.

Marian Keyes is amazing.
I don't bother to read the blurb on the back of Marian Keyes' books anymore because I know that I will enjoy it. So I didn't even have a clue what this one was going to be about. Amazing. This story is so cleverly written, and it's true what has been said about laughing out loud and crying. It's also true that is does start a bit slow but that is only because we are meant to be wondering what has happened. The story really touched me and I felt I really got to know (and like) the characters. It's a subject very close to my heart and I felt she handled it very sensitively. My copy is now doing the rounds at work and everyone is saying the same thing: they laughed, they cried, they couldn't put it down.

Funny and sad at the same time
Brilliant book, couldn't put it down, but had to in places to wipe away the tears at the sad parts! Compulsive reading.