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*** CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS AUTHOR OF THE YEAR 2022***

Step into the lives of three women whose ambitions collide in the hilarious and heart-warming novel from the No. 1 bestselling author of Grown Ups

'Wonderful, subtle, hilarious and highly sophisticated. You can't stop reading' EVENING STANDARD

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1 author picked The Other Side of the Story as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This funny, lively story tells first one friend’s version of events, then the other’s; the reader has to decide where they think the truth and lies are.

It was one of the books that inspired me to write, and it may not be a coincidence that my first novel also tells a story from two different accounts…!

Here, friends Gemma and Lily hope to never see each other again after a huge falling out over a man, but the more we find out, the more we aren’t sure whose side we should be on. What a rare talent Marian Keyes…

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