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Watermelon
  • Published: 28 October 2025
  • ISBN: 9781405976206
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 560
  • RRP: $24.99

Watermelon

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Paperback
28 Oct 2025
EBook
6 July 2017
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Rediscover the hilarious, poignant and insightful first novel from the now worldwide no. 1 bestselling author

On the day she gives birth to her first child, Claire's husband James tells her he's been having an affair.

Left with a beautiful baby and a broken heart, she decides to go back to basics . . . and runs home to Mum and Dad.

But it's not the sanctuary she'd been hoping for. Juggling her family's drama and the demands of a baby, Claire desperately misses the way things were. So when James gets back in touch, eager to put things right, Claire faces a choice.

Will she forgive and forget? Or can she find the courage to take a chance on herself, and start a life of her own?
  • Published: 28 October 2025
  • ISBN: 9781405976206
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 560
  • RRP: $24.99
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About the author

Marian Keyes

Marian Keyes is a phenomenon. The multimillion copy, internationally bestselling author of some of the most widely loved, genre-defying novels of the past thirty years – including Rachel’s Holiday, Anybody Out There and Grown Ups – has millions of devoted readers around the world. In addition to her fifteen previous novels, Marian has also written three collections of journalism, upon which hit BBC Radio 4 show Between Ourselves was based. Marian co-hosts the popular show Now You’re Asking with actress Tara Flynn for BBC Radio 4. In 2022, she was named the British Book Awards Author of the Year. Marian lives in Dublin.
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Praise for Watermelon

Praise for Marian Keyes

Magnificently messy lives, brilliantly untangled. Funny, tender and completely absorbing!

Graham Norton

Funny, heartbreaking, achingly real

Jane Fallon

No other author marries heartbreak and hilarity so seamlessly

Mail On Sunday

Funny, heart-breaking and so wise

Daily Mail

There should be a word to describe the sadness and satisfaction you feel when you read the last page of a Marian Keyes novel: the ending is perfect but you still want more, more, more

Liane Moriarty

Sensitive, funny, wonderful, immensely touching

Nigella Lawson

Keyes is an exceptional storyteller and her ability to blend comedy, high drama and emotional depth is second to none. Empathetic, insightful, romantic and witty

Daily Express

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Marian Keyes’ The Walsh Sisters, is being adapted for screen

The six-episode series will follow Anna, Rachel, Maggie, Claire and Helen through their 20s and 30s – airing on Stan January 22nd, 2026.