In addition to her fifteen previous novels, Marian has also written two collections of journalism, upon which hit BBC Radio 4 show Between Ourselves was based. This novel revisits the sister first featured in Rachel's Holiday, when Rachel went to rehab at the Cloisters due to her drug addiction. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

Again, Rachel has all of Keyes’s trademark wit, humour and whip-smart dialogue, but it’s also a novel teeming with compassion and redemption. More recently, Marian co-hosted the popular show Now You’re Asking with actress Tara Flynn for BBC Radio 4. Twenty-five years ago, Rachels' Holiday was published and there are millions of us who were overjoyed when we learnt that Marian Keyes had penned the sequel.

So much of their time they’re plagued by suspicion, fear, thwarted hope, frustration, anger, and then, when they’ve finally convinced their loved one to get help, they usually feel terrible guilt. A bit about the Walsh Family series: Each book is centered around one sibling (Claire, Rachel, Margaret, Anna, and Helen) in the Walsh family and they can be enjoyed as standalones but I highly recommend reading all of them for maximum enjoyment! Keyes delves into the heart-wrenching subject of stillbirth, delivering a story that’s raw and painful. She is in a happy relationship with another man, Quin, who is not easy, but he is interesting and complex.

While there are parts of the book that are bit fanatical, the expensive dresses etc, and far fetched that is allowed cause although reading about the Walshes is like catching with old friends it is fact a work of fiction so a little bit of fantasy is okay especially when it involves Tom Ford dresses. Set after the events of Rachel’s Holiday, one of Keyes’ most well-known novels, Again, Rachel allows us to access both the enigmatic Rachel Walsh and her charismatic family.

For those that are interested in Rachel’s story you must read Rachel’s Holiday first, in fact all of the Walsh family novels. Rachel's relationship with Luke is one of the most intense and well-written romances I've come across in recent memory.

Readers gain insight into the profound depths of denial, the dangers of reverting to old habits, and the essentiality of maintaining vigilance in sobriety. In this one, Rachel is an addiction counsellor, and Keyes had a good time writing the group counselling scenes.I felt that Again, Rachel intertwines the themes of love , loss and recovery, brilliantly, which she achieves largely through her superb command of dialogue. It's an ingenious way of dealing with social issues that can shatter lives, whilst doing so with the warm and belly-laugh humour that the author is so good at. There is chaos and humour in the life of the Walsh family, as when Rachel and her sisters prepare a “surprise” party for her mother’s 80th birthday. She’s managed to stay clean despite divorcing her husband Luke six years earlier, and she’s now dating a smart, successful and attractive man who takes her to interesting places.