Marie Claire
Marie Claire's esteemed columnist's bestsellers always have a tough subject at their heart, wrapped in the light-hearted, sure-footed comedy her readers love her for, and this latest is no exception. When we meet Anna, she is staying with her parents in suburban Dublin, recovering from some unspecified injuries. Anna's recent past as a glamorous PR girl in Manhattan slowly emerges, and with shock, we realise what has happened to shatter her life. To tell more would be to ruin the masterful way Keyes manages the revelation. All you need to know is that the jokes are as good as ever, her large cast of Irish and American characters fizz and crackle off the page, and in Anna, she gives us a heroine who could easily have been pitiful, but is never less than sympathetic. High-quality entertainment which builds to a bitter-sweet story with real emotional reach.