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Watermelon

Marian Keyes

1999417 pagesabout 6–10 hours
1999
first published
  • 1997Mandarin · 614 pages · ENGISBN 9780749324797
  • 1998Avon Books · 419 pages · ENGISBN 9780380976171
  • 2001Arrow Bks. · 624 pages · ENGISBN 9780099429982
  • 2002Perennial · 417 pages · ENGISBN 9780060090364
  • 2006HarperCollins · ENGISBN 9780061194016
  • 2006Arrow · 624 pages · ENGISBN 9780099489986
  • 1999Avon Books · 448 pages · ENGISBN 9780380796090
  • 2001Heyne · 701 pagesISBN 9783453197381

February the fifteenth is a very special day for me. It is the day I gave birth to my first child. It is also the day my husband left me...I can only assume the two events weren't entirely unrelated. Claire has everything she ever wanted: a husband she adores, a great apartment, a good job. Then, on the day she gives birth to their first baby, James informs her that he's leaving her. Claire is left with a newborn daughter, a broken heart, and a postpartum body that she can hardly bear to look at. She decides to go home to Dublin. And there, sheltered by the love of a quirky family, she gets better. So much so, in fact, that when James slithers back into her life, he's in for a bit of a surprise.

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