He could only hope he survived to eat it.Ī sip of water didn’t help. Jessie was his best hope but she was off in the kitchen readying the next elaborate course. He could die here, literally die, on his forty-ninth birthday, and would his brothers, their spouses, his own wife, Jessie, or any of the children, even notice? But the chat around the long dinner table carried on. Johnny Casey launched into a fit of energetic coughing – a bit of bread down the wrong way. In the subsequent unravelling, every one of the adults finds themselves wondering if it’s time – finally – to grow up? One careless remark at Johnny’s birthday party, with the entire family present, starts Cara spilling out all their secrets.

While some people clash, other people like each other far too much …Įverything stays under control until Ed’s wife Cara, gets concussion and can’t keep her thoughts to herself. Under the surface, though, conditions are murkier. Johnny’s wife, Jessie – who has the most money – insists on it. Johnny Casey, his two brothers Ed and Liam, their beautiful, talented wives and all their kids spend a lot of time together – birthday parties, anniversary celebrations, weekends away. I felt like I was reading the cleverest cream cake of words.’ – Caitlin Moran Funny, tender and completely absorbing!’ – Graham Norton ‘Magnificently messy lives, brilliantly untangled. Event: Don’t miss Marian Keyes discussing her new novel Grown Ups with Paige Nick tonight! (3 June).Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from Marian Keyes’s latest book Grown Ups – the new classic from the queen of contemporary fiction!

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