Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Grown Ups by Marian Keyes

Grown Ups

The Casey family are a close knit family.  There's always a get together happening, a birthday celebration or a vacation.  First there's Johnny and his wife Jessie.  They got together when Jessie's first husband - Johnny's best friend - passed away.  Not right away, after an appropriate amount time.  They've had 3 children together.  They've been together for years.  Time for some people to get over it.

Then there's Ed.  Him and his wife Cara seem to have life figured out.  Two great kids.  They're clearly in love.  On the outside it seems they have no problems.  Ed likes to keep his head in the sand and pretend that's everything is great.  But is that really true?

Liam - the youngest brother.  He's had one failed marriage already.  Two kids he never sees.  He's been floating around living a bachelor life when he very quickly settled down and married Nell.  There's seem a relationship of passion.  But with how quickly they got married do they even know each other.

Grown Ups begins with the dinner that unravels it all.  Then the story goes back in time to explain how they got to this disastrous dinner.  Is there any way this can all have a happy ending?  

Sounds like a lot of characters and for a few chapters it was but very quickly you figure out who's with who and how they connect together.  Quickly you'll fall in love with all the characters despite their flaws.  Except for the one or two you are intended to dislike.

I've always loved Marian Keyes.  I'm sure I've read everything she's written.  I first picked up one of her books based on the size - I love a long story.  Even after 656 pages I wasn't ready to let go of these characters and have the story end.

Grown Ups is available at Chapters starting later this week on June 30th.