Ever wish you could trade your life in for a better one?
The Woman Who Stole My Life is a story full of wit and charm, from the international bestselling author Marian Keyes
'Name: Stella Sweeney.
Height: average.
Recent life events: dramatic.'
One day, sitting in traffic, married Dublin mum Stella Sweeney attempts a good deed. The resulting car crash changes her life.
For she meets a man who wants her telephone number (for the insurance, it turns out). That's okay. She doesn't really like him much anyway (his Range Rover totally banjaxed her car).
But this chance meeting sparks a chain of events which will take Stella thousands of miles from her old life, turning an ordinary woman into a superstar, and, along the way, wrenching her whole family apart.
Is this all because of one ill-advised act of goodwill? Was meeting Mr Range Rover destiny or karma? Should she be grateful or hopping mad? For the first time real, honest-to-goodness happiness is just within her reach. But is Stella Sweeney, Dublin housewife, ready to grasp it?
'When it comes to writing page-turners that put a smile on your face and make you think, Keyes is in a class of her own' Daily Express
'Gloriously funny' The Sunday Times
'Keyes manages to have you alternately blubbing and belly-laughing to the final page' Company
'Not only is it a great story with funny, loveable characters, it made me laugh out loud' Stylist
'One of those rare books that will swallow up your day without realising it. Romantic and uplifting it won't fail to put a smile on your face. Marian Keyes is back to her best' The Daily Express
'A warm and hilarious page turner' Good Housekeeping
'Funny but poignant' Marie Claire
'A smart new drama from the awesome Marian Keyes' Heat
'Full of twists and turns, with warmth and humour on every page, it doesn't disappoint' Closer
'A modern fairy tale, it's full of Keyes's self-deprecating wit' The Sunday Mirror
Hey, I love chick-lit, and I am not ashamed to admit it. With that, I enjoyed this book. I liked the quirky humor, nutty characters, and the way the story unfolded.
The story begins with Stella after it all blew up -- failed relationships, failed careers, and it flips back and forth to that time "before" all the success. I liked the way the story went back and forth, because it gave me build up, and time to concoct my own ideas (which I throughly enjoy when reading a story). Keyes also created such a wide range of characters, who each contributed in such a different, but fulfilling way. I found Keyes to be witty and amusing, and I smiled and giggled quite often. The thing for me with chick-lit is it must have balance, and this book had a great balance of all those elements. I look to these types of books, to bring me through a range of emotions, without bringing me too far to the depths of sadness. There are some emotional parts, but just the right amount, that I am not a mess. These emotional parts are outweighed by the fun bits. For me, I got exactly what I was looking for, and more, because it was well written, and the story engaging.
