I recently realized I had never read anything by Marian Keyes even though she ticks a lot of my “favourite writer” boxes (Irish, writes sad/funny/hopeful novels about women and families, was hilarious on a podcast I listened to recently) so I picked up Grown Ups and it was a great place to start with her body of work. The novel traces a few months in the lives of the extended Casey family, who are a network of dysfunctions, lies, and secrets — all of which of course come spilling out in an unguarded moment, leading to both hilarity and heartbreak.

I really enjoyed this book and have moved on to other Marian Keyes books which no doubt you will be hearing about in due course.