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    Sushi for Beginners: A Novel

    By Marian Keyes

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    Lisa Edwards

    This Prada-wearing magazine editor thinks her life is over when her "fabulous" new job turns out to be a deportation to Dublin to launch Colleen magazine. The only saving grace is that her friends aren't 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

    Ashling, Colleen's assistant editor, is an award-winning worrier, increasingly aware that something fundamental is missing from her life -- apart from a boyfriend and a waistline.

    Clodagh "Princess" Kelly

    Ashling's best friend, Clodagh, lives the domestic dream in a suburban castle. So why, lately, has she had the recurring urge to kiss a frog -- or sleep with a frog, if truth be told? As these three women search for love, success, and happiness, they will discover that if you let things simmer under the surface for too long, sooner or later they'll boil over.

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateMar 17, 2009
    ISBN9780061809835
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    Marian Keyes

    Marian Keyes is the author of ten bestselling novels and two essay collections. She lives in Ireland with her husband and their two imaginary dogs.

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    Reviews for Sushi for Beginners

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    • 4/5
      felt a bit old and dated these days...
    • 3/5
      Light and fluffy, but a perfect read for a cold and wet weekend after a busy couple of weeks. What i was expecting and what I got! Marian Keyes is the perfect get away material, she does have some moral messages and often a twist or two in the telling and not all her characters are nice (in fact two out of the three in this book are quite unpleasant). I think of her books like a drink or two in an Irish bar, not challenging, but very pleasant way to while away a few hours. Unlike some 'chick lit' it doesn't talk don to you and is not all about the sex.
    • 4/5
      Read this while visiting relatives in Canada when I should have been reading homework. This was my first Marian Keyes and I was pleased that I didn't figure out the entire plot right away. Not as good as Jennifer Weiner but better than a lot of the other stuff out there.
    • 3/5
      Keyes follows the lives of three women; Lisa, the nasty but sophisticated Prada-wearing magazine editor; Ashling, the mousy, OCD, constantly worrying assistant editor; and Clodagh, a beautiful but unsatisfied housewife who appears to have it all. Lisa has just been transferred to a new magazine based in Ireland, a move she sees as a demotion, Ashling has just been employed as assistant editor, and Clodagh is Ashling's childhood friend, married to Ashling's former boyfriend.Average.
    • 4/5
      I love Marion Keye's writing. It's humurous, entertaining and downright silly. The characters in here are very funny and kind of realistic.
    • 4/5
      The second book I read by her, and I'm still not sure whether I like her style or not. I think I do afterwards, but while reading her books, I find them heavy and depressing. The Irishness is charming at times and annoying at others. it probably doesn't help that I know enough people who talk rural Irish. I did enjoy the storyline and the cast of characters felt real. As with her other book I read, the way the characters tie in together made the book for me.
    • 3/5
      I don't remember much about it, but that it was cute and entertaining.
    • 5/5
      Started reading Marian Keyes when I returned from Ireland in the summer of 2004. I bought a book of short stories from Irish writers, and Marian Keyes was one of them. I went to see which writers we had at our library, and I found Marian Keyes had several. I tried to read them in order and ended up liking them -- funny, character development -- that I bought a few that I've read and reread, including this one. The women are easy to relate to and the men are minor Prince Charmings.
    • 4/5
      probably my favourite of her novels - probably the only time i 'fell in love' with a book character. naff huh?
    • 4/5
      The second book I read by her, and I'm still not sure whether I like her style or not. I think I do afterwards, but while reading her books, I find them heavy and depressing. The Irishness is charming at times and annoying at others. it probably doesn't help that I know enough people who talk rural Irish. I did enjoy the storyline and the cast of characters felt real. As with her other book I read, the way the characters tie in together made the book for me.
    • 5/5
      I really enjoyed this book and the characters.
    • 4/5
      The first ten pages are a little bit boring, but it gets better and more interesting. I found the characters cute and realistic, and I could relate to the whole magazine office thing, since I'm working at a newspaper and I know about the pressure. It's a long novel but it didn't seem long to me. A light, enjoyable read for a Sunday afternoon.
    • 3/5
      Odd book with strange plot line and crazy list of characters--maybe it helps to be Irish as you read it??? (writer is Irish). seems to be all over the place for a good bit of the bit and then it is a bit cohesive at the end. not one of my fav books to be honest.
    • 3/5
      Marian Keyes writes pure chick-lit, but with more substance than most. Her characters are three-dimensional and interested more in shopping and boys. She's my go-to choice for vacation reading. This is one of her lesser works, but it's still easy reading despite that. Lisa's an ambitious editor at a London fashion magazine who has her sights set on New York, but she's sent to oversee the launch of a new magazine in the fashion hinterlands of Dublin, Ireland. Ashling is hired as her new assistant. Ashling feels compelled to help out wherever she sees a need, from handing a band-aid to her new boss to worrying about the homeless guy who sometimes sleeps in the doorway of her apartment building. Clodaugh has been Ashling's best friend since they started elementary school. She's got the life she wanted; married to a great guy with two kids and a big house, but she's dissatisfied with the pattern of her days. Sushi for Beginners follows each woman as they find their way through daily life, struggling with failed marriages, depression and the ups and downs of relationships. While Keyes has written better books (Rachel's Holiday, Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married) this was still fun if you like that kind of thing.
    • 3/5
      Read this when I was a teenager.
    • 5/5
      Heerlijk vakantie boek. Grappige verhalen, onuitspreekbare namen en veel emoties.
    • 3/5
      In this charming and engaging "chick lit" novel, the author takes three unique women, each with her own demons and desires and throws them together. The characters are captivating and complex; Lisa, the bitchy, stunning, Prada-wearing magazine editor; Ashling, the plain-jane, mousy, overly organized, constantly worrying assistant editor, and Clodagh, the beautiful, unsatisfied housewife who appears to have it all. The novel is set in Dublin and follows the women through an interconnected series of events, with each of their lives unravelling and being pieced back together again. At 530 pages, the book is rather long for this genre, but it keeps pace pretty well. This was fun, sexy, sad, and triumphant all rolled into one, and I would recommend it to women in the mood for a good laugh, cry, and everything in between.

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    • 5/5
      For a while in the late 90's I was obsessed with British Chick Lit. I actually ordered certain titles direct from Amazon.uk because I found I either couldn't get the titles in Canada/U.S. or I preferred the cover art. Marian Keyes is one of my favorites from my Chick Lit period, and Sushi for Beginners one of her best. The story examines the lives of three women, Lisa, Ashling and Clodagh. I found myself interested in the fate of Ashling most, but I tend to cheer for the underdog.I know that many a "serious reader" would turn up their nose at the amount of Chick Lit on my shelves but it served its purpose for a particular time in my life. I don't tend to read as many of these types of books these days but I do re-read them from time to time as they are a kind of comfort reading to me.

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    • 3/5
      I had high hopes for this book. I listened to it because I knew it would have wonderful English accents. It is a story about friendship; it is a story about growing up and into your 30's. The realization of knowing that you are changing and realizing it's time to accept the reigns of adulthood, real jobs, and solid relationships. I had a very hard time figuring out who was who. The story bounces around a lot and the women overlap in the book so I think at times I couldn't remember if this was the woman with children, the woman newly moved to the area or just background characters. I am being generous by giving this book 3 stars.
    • 1/5
      I’d love to know what it is about Marian Keyes that gets people so worked up. I mean, how many books does she have in the Top 100?? Certainly more than anyone else. But in my own exceedingly (not) humble opinion, she’d be amongst the top ten overrated readers of this century. I’ve forced my way through so many of her books, and the only bit I’ve really enjoyed is the ending. I can’t wait to read something else after Ms Keyes, because frankly, I need to take the nasty taste out of my mouth. Her books give other formulaic books a bad reputation. By chapter 3 you can see where each character is heading, and you just wish they’d hurry up and get there. So the ending is something of a relief. Marian Keyes or another author: life is too short to read stupid books.