![]() ![]() She doesn't allow a character cross the threshold of her books without excavating their psyche The thing about Keyes is that she gets people. On a dull winter night or in the depths of a hangover, there’s no better cure than a Keyes. We tuck them into our schoolbags when we should be studying loftier things. ![]() We reach for them, like a spouse’s hand, from sun loungers and hospital beds. In fact, there must be a great many, since she’s Ireland’s bestselling living author. I’m sure there are many readers like me, who turn to Keyes when no one else will do. I was exhausted by literature – exasperated with its coolness and impenetrability – and my tattered paperback of The Mystery of Mercy Close (found left behind in a holiday home), my earmarked copy of Angels, and my never-returned library copy of Rachel’s Holiday felt like literature’s last remaining bastions proof that words could still hold me and lift my spirits. Some time ago I went through a spell where I could only read books by Marian Keyes. ![]()
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