Sushi for Beginners: A Novel

Sushi for Beginners: A Novel by Keyes, Marian. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780060520502.

Number one internationally bestselling author Marian Keyes works her magic once again in this charming tale of three modern women and their search for happiness. Prada-wearing magazine editor Lisa Edwards thinks her life is over when her "fabulous" new job turns out to be a deportation to Dublin, launching Colleen magazine. No more jet-setting to the fall collections. No more fabulous parties and photographs in the society pages. The only saving grace is that her friends arent there to witness her downward spiral. Might her new boss, the disheveled and moody Jack Devine, save her from a fate worse than hell? Ashling Kennedy, Colleens assistant editor, is an award-winning worrier, increasingly aware that something fundamental is missing from her life -- apart from a boyfriend and a waistline. And then theres her closest, oldest friend Clodagh "Princess" Kelly, who is apparently living the domestic dream in a suburban castle. So why, lately, has Clodagh had a recurring urge to kiss a frog -- sleep with a frog, if truth be told? Set in the sparkling -- and serpentine -- world of womens fashion magazines, as well as the hilarious underground comedy club circuit, Sushi for Beginners is about searching for happiness. And how, if you let things bubble under the surface for too long, sooner or later theyll boil over. Sharp, funny, and sweet, Marian Keyess latest novel confirms her place as the queen of contemporary fiction.