Marian Keyes is my new favorite “chick lit” author, and this book, her newest, is the best one yet! Now, I haven’t actually read each and every one of her books, but, I have read a lot of them, and well, you get the idea!

Anna is from Ireland, (always, Irish characters!), and living in New York, working in marketing for a cosmetics company. Or, rather, thats what she was doing before her accident. At the start of the book, Anna is back in Ireland, where her family is helping to care for her until she heals. Keyes gives the reader bread crumbs along the way to piece together exactly what happened to Anna, when it happened, and the impact of it all. Where is Anna’s husband, Aidan, while she is getting better? Keyes leaves this as a bit of a mystery for a while. The answer is truely shocking. Part of this book is sad, but even the sad parts have the sarcastic and spirited comedy Keyes shows in her other books.

As a result of everything, Anna spends some time checking out horoscopes and psychics, hoping that a particular somebody is really out there, and that she can make contact.

Anna has a large family, of many sisters (each with a strong personality), a dad, (who is rather quiet), and a mom, (who is a stitch!). The mom is fabulous, and each time she appeared, it made the book that much more funny. She is one of those moms that always seems to know the news about everybody, but no one is quite sure just how she is keeping so on top of things. She’s also the kind of mom who tries using the hip new slang she picks up from her daughters, sometimes awkwardly, and who mixes references to popular culture in daily speech, sometimes terribly. Hysterical!

If you have read Keyes other book, Rachel’s Holiday, than some of the characters in this new book will be delightfully familiar to you. Anna and Rachel are sisters, and many of Rachel’s friends from the other book appear here.

This book isn’t out until early June. I got to read an advance copy, because I work in a bookstore. I really enjoyed this book! Marian Keyes fans will love it. If you haven’t read Keyes before, and would like to read some of her books, this book is a great choice to start with!