Author:Anna McPartlin
Combining Marian Keyes' ability to mix darkness and light, and adding a unique twist of her own, Anna McPartlin shot to the top of the Irish bestseller chart with her first book, Pack Up The Moon. The award-nominated novel invites you to think about a heartbreaking question: how do you survive the death of your partner.
When her boyfriend John dies in a dreadful accident, his girlfriend Emma is plunged into despair.
Emma loved John more than life itself and now she has lost everything that matters. Or so she thinks. For Emma has good friends who rally around. But the memory of that night returns to haunt each of them and they struggle to pick up the pieces.
Emma knows that if she is ever to laugh at life again, or find the love she once had, or build a future, she will have to let go of the man she thought she couldn't live without. But how can do you let go and trust your heart?
'Refreshingly honest, laugh-out-loud funny and heartfelt' Cathy Kelly
'Anna McPartlin can make you feel despair and sadness but she can also make you see the light at the end of the tunnel. It's quite an impressive feat. If you haven't already tried Anna McPartlin then you are definitely missing out' Chicklitreviews.com
'This witty, clever, emotional rollercoaster of a read has us sobbing and in stitches in equal measures' Stellar
'Captures the pain of loss and longing ... but her background in stand-up comedy spills onto every page, making this touching novel so funny' Irish Independent
Anna McPartlin believes that even the darkest times have their lighter moments and she tells tales that are authentic, deeply emotional and yet often deeply funny. Her titles include Apart from The Crowd, So What If I'm Broken, The Truth Will Out, The Space Between Us and her latest, the Richard and Judy Book Club title, The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes.
Captures the pain of loss and longing ... but her background in stand-up comedy spills onto every page, making this touching novel so funny
—— Irish IndependentInsightful and moving ... defiantly irreverent
—— Sunday IndependentBrilliantly written ... an absolute page-turner
—— Bibliofemme.comMorrison strives to tell a new kind of love story sensitive to modern anxieties
—— Sunday HeraldThe absorption of two lovers can make the reader feel like a gooseberry, but Morrison leaves you aching for their reunion
—— ArenaCorporate filmmaker Tom and a script doctor Meg have a week long affair when he visits New York. They want it to continue but he has to go home to Scotland and his son...will the distance and their weaknesses sink their romance before its begun?
—— Colin Waters , The Sunday HeraldGrimly, intelligently comic as if written by an Asian Joseph Heller
—— Daily TelegraphIf this rich stew of disparate ingredients puts you in mind of Salman Rushdie, you wouldn't be far from the truth. His work, along with that of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Joseph Heller, is a low-key but persistent influence
—— Sunday TimesAn exciting, accomplished new literary voice
—— Irish TimesA very funny satire-cum-thriller
—— Sally Cousins , Sunday Telegraph SevenSomewhere in mid-air between Waugh and Rushdie (with an shade of Catch 22 hovering near by) this tremendous novel makes a tragicomic weather all its own
—— Boyd Tonkin , The IndependentJustly Booker longlisted last year, this debut is a dazzling one-off
—— Hermione Eyre , The ObserverProvocative and comic debut.
—— The TimesA true touch of originality ... showcases a promising new talent.
—— Colin Waters , Sunday HeraldDry, droll and insightful
—— The IndependentBodice-ripping romp through the West
—— TimesMissy by Strong and memorable female characters throughout this enjoyable novel
—— http://meandmybigmouth.typepad.com/scottpackWitty and effortlessly fluid. His books are laugh-out-loud funny
—— Arabella WeirThe funniest writer ever to put words to paper
—— Hugh LaurieThe greatest comic writer ever
—— Douglas AdamsP.G. Wodehouse wrote the best English comic novels of the century
—— Sebastian FaulksSublime comic genius
—— Ben Elton