Author:Mary McDonagh Murphy

‘You come away from Murphy’s book with a renewed amazement at what Lee was able to achieve with a single perfect novel’ Entertainment Weekly
First published in 1960, To Kill a Mockingbird is not only a beloved classic, but also a touchstone in literary and social history.
This book commemorates more than half a century of To Kill a Mockingbird, and explores how it has left its indelible mark. Contributions come from Oprah Winfrey, James Patterson, Adriana Trigiani, Scott Turow, Richard Russo, Anna Quidlen and Wally Lamb among others, and they reflect upon what the book means to them, and how it has affected their lives and careers.
wonderful and interesting
—— BBC Radio 2, Arts Show with Claudia WinklemanThis book is a marvelous collection of memories and thoughts surrounding To Kill a Mockingbird…hugely relevant and also touching and powerful…[a] hugely enjoyable read
—— Bookbag'There is humour as well as tragedy in this book, besides its faint note of hope for human nature; and it is delightfully written in the now familiar Southern tradition'
—— Sunday TimesSomeone rare has written this very fine novel, a writer with the liveliest sense of life and the warmest, most authentic humour. A touching book; and so funny, so likeable
—— Truman CapoteThere is humour as well as tragedy in this book, besides its faint note of hope for human nature; and it is delightfully written in the now familiar Southern tradition
—— Sunday TimesHer book is lifted...into the rare company of those that linger in the memory...
—— BookmanA salty, lively first novel… In the fine tradition of screwball-comedy brides[,] the book’s dialogue is crackling, bawdy and modern
—— New York TimesI started reading Sunday morning, finished Sunday afternoon, have not laughed this hard or this much at a book since Bridget Jones's Diary. It was wickedly smart, hilariously funny, sexy, clever, and stupidly accomplished for a first novel. In short, the most enjoyable read I have had in YEARS. I completely loved it.
—— Jane GreenHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I Take You is the funniest book I've read all year. I drank four bottles of chardonnay by myself because I couldn't get to a book club fast enough. Eliza Kennedy makes infidelity sexy again!
—— Gary ShteyngartThe smartest, sexiest, funniest (like, hilarious) beach read on the shelves right now.
—— Huffington PostThis is a racy, pacy, funny read.
—— Cathy Rentzenbrink , BooksellerIn the first big beach read of the season, New York lawyer and bride-to-be Lily Wilder has a hard time staying faithful to her perfect fiance´—but that won’t stop this hilarious debut novel from winning you over and warming your heart.
—— Entertainment WeeklyThis debut novel’s take on modern gender roles is aggressively provocative. It’s also funny and, eventually, wise.
—— People MagazineSparkles with candor and wit... Kennedy’s ribald story is both engaging and atypical, the perfect combination for a new voice in women’s fiction.
—— Publishers WeeklyA whip-smart, whip-fast debut… One for the beach
—— Sonia Haria , Sunday Telegraph STELLA LOVESSmart, pacy, and hysterically funny
—— Deirdre O’Brien , Sunday MirrorThis provocative debut explores whether monogamy is all it’s cracked up to be
—— GlamourWitty, sparkling and a dissection of monogamy and happiness... Entertaining
—— LadyHere is a heroine who scores a solid ten on the sass-o-meter, and she made the whole reading experience a hoot… Guilt-free fun with this deliciously rampant romp.
—— Sarah Hughes , Heat