Watermelon
  • Published: 24 November 2022
  • ISBN: 9781405934374
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 560
  • RRP: $26.00

Watermelon

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Paperback
28 Oct 2025
Paperback
24 Nov 2022
EBook
6 Jul 2017
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The hilarious, poignant and insightful first novel from the now world-wide bestselling author

Claire has everything she ever wanted: a husband she adores, a great apartment, a good job. Then, on the day she gives birth to her first baby, James tells her that he's having an affair.

Claire is left with a beautiful newborn daughter, a broken heart, and a body that she can hardly bear to look at. So, in the absence of any better offers, she decides to go home to her family in Dublin.

Sheltered by the love of her quirky family, and the attention of an incredibly attractive younger man, Claire gets better. A lot better. In fact, so much better that when James slithers back into her life, he's in for a surprise
  • Published: 24 November 2022
  • ISBN: 9781405934374
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 560
  • RRP: $26.00
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About the author

Marian Keyes

Marian Keyes was born in Limerick in 1963, and brought up in Cavan, Cork, Galway and Dublin. She studied law and accountancy before turning to writing. Her first novel Watermelon was published in Ireland in 1995, where it was an immediate, runaway success. Marian Keyes is now one of the most successful Irish novelists of all time and is published in thirty nine different languages. She lives in Dún Laoghaire with her husband Tony.

Marian Keyes is the international bestselling author of Watermelon, Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married, Rachel's Holiday, Last Chance Saloon, Sushi for Beginners, Angels, The Other Side of the Story and Anybody Out There. Her two collections of journalism, Under the Duvet and Further Under the Duvet, are also available in Penguin. Marian lives in Dublin with her husband.

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