McGreevy, Ronan (16 October 2019). "Marian Keyes becomes first Irish writer to donate digital archive". The Irish Times . Retrieved 16 September 2021. I thought that the character of Lucy was aggravating at times. She suffers from depression, but one gets the sense that she really doesn't suffer from depression, she instead uses it to just not do things that she wants to. She is also very rude to a long time family friend, Daniel to the point I wondered about his intelligence since he kept on hanging out with her. And the more colours the better. Crimson and vermilion and sunburst orange and flame red and magenta. Harapan, makhluk tolol yang plinplan itu, makhluk tukang menghamburkan emosi itu, kembali menjadi bintang tamu dalam kehidupanku.

None of my friends could understand why I finished with him. ‘But he was lovely’ was their cry. ‘But he was so good to you’ was another one. ‘But he was such a catch,’ they protested. To which I replied, ‘No, he wasn’t. A catch isn’t supposed to be that easy.’ During her appearance on Desert Island Discs in March 2017, Keyes told the host that "[by] conditioning women to think that what they find empowering or valuable is worth less than what men consider to be worthwhile, women are prevented from reaching for parity and the gender gap in power and money between men and women is kept in the favour of men". [11]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. Keyes has written frankly about her clinical depression, which left her unable to sleep, read, write, or talk. After a long hiatus due to severe depression, a food title, Saved by Cake, was published in February 2012. [8] Another topic which really stood out to me with the fresh eyes of a re-read is the storyline of alcoholics and alcoholism. The impacts not only on the individual suffering from it, but on their friends and family. And the relationship patterns that tend to repeat from one generation to another. Being a charming, affable drunk in your 20s, doesn’t have quite the same amount of appeal in middle age, when the tarnish in the gilt is showing. And people are just plain exhausted from dealing with unreliability.

Sure, I HATED HATED HATED, (did I say hated?) some characters (Karen and Gus), but even they seemed normal, real, people we've all dealt with at one time or another. Ahhhh...a book set in the days pre-mobile phone, social media and 24/7 angst. Where life was about ”...eating takeaways, drinking too much wine, bringing men home and never hoovering.” (try putting that blurb on the cover of a book now). But I also like the change of pace (from a typical storyline) in that she falls in love before lust. It's such a common themes in the books I've been reading for a character to be all hot for a guy, but really hates him and has to learn to get over that or something. Maybe I'm just feeling old fashioned today, but I thought the development of her relationship with the mystery man (no spoilers here!) was beautiful to watch. And the way he treated her was just so realistically romantic to me (not the typical swooping you off to Paris or something, but giving you a ride, making you dinner, etc). I seemed to spend my whole life oscillating between feeling horribly conspicuous and then feeling totally invisible. One morning I woke up and he was propped on his elbow, staring down at me. ‘You’re beautiful,’ he murmured, and it felt so wrong.Keyes' stories usually revolve around a strong female character who overcomes numerous obstacles to achieve lasting happiness. Regarding her decision to use an optimistic tone and hopeful ending, Keyes has said: "I'm very bleak, really melancholic. But I've always used humour as a survival mechanism. I write for me and I need to feel hopeful about the human condition. So no way I'm going to write a downbeat ending. And it isn't entirely ludicrous to suggest that sometimes things might work out for the best." [11]

I loved thunderstorms - the only time I really felt at peace with myself was during a storm. All of the turmoil and exuberance seemed to calm me.” Because you’re beautiful,’ or ‘Because you’re sexy,’ or ‘Because you’re all woman,’ were the nauseating replies that he gave me. Lucy Sullivan works in London and her well meaning (interfering) workmates drag her along to meet the revered psychic Mrs Nolan. Naturally sceptical of all things like this, Lucy is prepared to take it all with a pinch of salt . Mrs Nolan tells Lucy that she will be married within the year, her workmates are overjoyed, Lucy is underwhelmed, she doesn't even have a boyfriend let alone a potential fiancé. a b c Ingle, Róisín (9 September 2017). "Marian Keyes: 'There's an awful lot of riding in my book' ". The Irish Times . Retrieved 20 October 2017. It’s upsetting when the nice bloke you really like turns out to be a complete, lying, two-timing bastard. But it’s nearly as bad when the bloke that you thought was an unreliable heartbreaker turns out to be uncomplicated and nice.As her relationship with Gus develops she starts to realise that maybe he is not Mr Fantastic after all, things don't add up and he really likes a good drink, is he worth it? Especially as Daniel seems to be looking at her with eyes more akin to a lover than a friend. Of course, Lucy is told that she will be getting married. Within a year. But who could it be? She doesn’t even have a boyfriend. She's just broken up with him. But as predictions for her workmates start to come eerily true, Lucy wonders if the gorgeous, eccentric Gus, who she’s fallen in lust with at a party, Gus of the Irish accent, twinkling eyes, and faerie dust blarney, could be “the one”. Everything seems to be pointing that way. Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married". Carnivalfilms. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011 . Retrieved 27 April 2008. This is one of those rare occasions where I wonder where a well liked character is today. And kinda wish the writer would revisit her story (Marian? Hallo?!). Wherever Lucy Sullivan is, I hope she is doing just fabliss.

First reason is that sadly these characters are truly based on real life behavior of people around us. The bossy-friend-whom-you-can't-say-no-to, the siblings-who-don't-give-a-damn-about-your-parents and the coworkers-who-earn-the-same-as-you-but-don't-do-a-minute's-worth-work; we have all met these people at one time or another in our life. I was curious to read more about the intolerable behavior of these people. Nah, nggak heran kan kalau kemudian dia selalu mendapat masalah dengan pria? Yang dia pilih selalu pria-pria berengsek tukang mabuk, pengangguran, memoroti uangnya, dsb. dst. Parahnya lagi, dia kadang sadar kalau pilihan dia salah, tapi tetap saja melakoninya, malah mengusir pria-pria 'waras' yang jatuh hati padanya. Bahkan tidak sadar-sadar bahwa selama ini ada pria sempurna yang mendambakannya setengah mati. Damn you, Lucy!! Bagaimana saya bisa bersimpati coba? Walaupun kemudian ada penjelasan bahwa perilaku aneh Lucy itu karena ayahnya alkoholik dan sejak kecil dia berusaha menutup mata agar semua terlihat baik-baik saja, jadi dia memilih pria-pria busuk seperti ayahnya agar mendapat kesempatan kedua untuk memperbaiki keadaan.Zeta-Jones in talks on Keyes movie". RTÉ. 2 February 2005. Archived from the original on 7 July 2007 . Retrieved 27 April 2008. Eventually Lucy meets Gus who she finds herself falling madly in love with. At the same time it appears that several other people in Lucy's life are moving on with their own love lives. The series was launched with four episodes in its first week at 10:30pm on ITV, following which it aired once weekly. [11] However, it failed to attract the young adult audience at which it was aimed, so the series was withdrawn (mid series, episode 9) from that timeslot in December 1999. The programme was subsequently aired a year later between November 2000 and January 2001, in the early evening, pre-watershed time slot at 17:05. LWT said, "the underlying tone and structure of the series was not dissimilar to that of the tea-time soaps and, given the wider audience available at that time, it was substantially edited and revoiced to make it suitable for the slot." [12] In 2021 and 2022, Keyes joined Tara Flynn in a series for BBC Radio 4 called 'Now You're Asking', in which they discussed problems sent in by listeners (they called them 'askers'). Lucy Sullivan's been told she is getting married . . . but to who? She doesn't even have a boyfriend yet . . .