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The Other Side Of The Story
Author: Marian Keyes

Book Information
Publisher: HarperTorch
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780060592066 - ISBN-10: 0060592060
Publication Date: 3/1/2005
Pages: 606


Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover, Audio Cassette (Unabridged), Paperback

Book Description:

Life is a circle, and what goes around, comes around. Just ask a trio of unforgettable women in Marian Keyes's enchanting new novel ...

Energetic, ambitious, and sexy, literary agent Jojo Harvey combines Jessica Rabbit's body with a mind like a steel trap. As if watching her back while on the corporate ladder and making million-dollar deals wasn't difficult enough, Jojo's having a relationship with her boss. Her married boss.

Tall, slender, and blond, bestselling author Lily Wright, one of Jojo's clients, worries about bad karma and the second novel she can't seem to write but must deliver -- she's already spent the advance. Anton, the Love of Her Life, persuaded her to buy their dream house.

Events organizer extraordinaire Gemma Hogan was best friends with Lily -- until the willowy blonde stole Anton, a.k.a. the Love of Her Life. Juggling the demands of her newly separated (and desperately needy) mom, Gemma's social life is flatlining -- a mortifying situation that makes for hilarious e-mails to a friend. Tales so funny, they come to the attention of top literary agent Jojo Harvey, who takes Gemma on as a client ...

Written in the charming and chatty voice that has become Marian Keyes's signature style, this hilarious and heartwarming new novel proves there are three sides to every story ... especially in the world of publishing!


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Top Member Book Reviews

Shirley E. (luvantiques) wrote on 5/11/2009...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

My first Marian Keyes book and I enjoyed it very much. She has a quirky kind of humor that makes for enjoyable reading. The story line involves three women whose lives become entwined through events, both past and present. Jojo Harvey is a literary agent who discovers Lily Wright, who in turn becomes a best selling author with her first novel. Gemma Hogan is an event planner who knew Lily because she stole Gemma's boyfriend. Gemma has never forgiven Lily, wants Anton back, so sets out to become a best-selling author too, for revenge. The basis for Gemma's novel is the fact that her father has left her mother after 36 years of marriage and moved in with a woman just 2 years older than Gemma. It sounds complicated, but Keyes pulls it all together and weaves a fun and, at times, poignant story about love lost, found and hiding in odd places.


Please Rate these Book Reviews

Melissa O. (melissao) wrote on 4/19/2008...


i wanted to call in sick to work so that i could finish this book. fantastic.

Renee R. (parker) wrote on 4/16/2008...


couldn't put the book down, great mix of characters

Jasmine H. (Jazzynickel415) wrote on 1/12/2008...


Although this book has a slow start I finished it and, to my surprise, I really enjoyed it to the end.

Amanda F. (Cissa) wrote on 5/22/2007...


More intertwining stories- a plot element I really love.

Cathie S. (sgirl58) wrote on 4/26/2007...


Very funny

Nancy S. (nancys) wrote on 3/30/2007...


not keyes best, but still a quick enjoyable read

MIRAH W. wrote on 3/29/2007...


good chick lit...you really get to know the three main characters- Gemma, Lily, and Jojo...if you like other books by Keyes, you should read this one, too! -Mirah W.

Rose H. wrote on 3/19/2007...


Great beach read.

Crystal L. (mom2threeboys) wrote on 2/26/2007...


A very long book, but goes so quick you don't even notice. This is a story about three women, and their different lives, and how they all innertwine with eachother.

Jessica M. (iluvlibros) - CO wrote on 2/16/2007...


This book was a ton of fun, and it had me laughing out loud! It's a good beach book or just an unwind-on-a-Friday-night book.


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