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Book Review By Blerina Pepiu
The Other Side of the Story by Marian Keyes

This is the story of three women, whose lives cross with each other. First there is Gemma Hogan, who tries to support and help her mother, after her father left her and the family after 40 years of marriage for someone younger than Gemma. Gemma's social life consists of emails to her friend. Some of them are so funny, that come to the attention of literary agent, Jojo Harvey, who asks Gemma to publish them.

Jojo Harvey is an ambitious sexy woman, who works really hard and is in the right way to a good career. well, apart from the fact that she sleeps with her boss. Her married boss.

Finally, Lily Wright, one of Jojo's clients and Gemma's friend. Or ex-friend, should we say, as she is married to Gemma's love of life - Anton. Somehow, Lily finds it very diffiicult to get over the guilt about Gemma. All three characters' paths cross each other in their ways to finding love and happiness.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - 2000+ (Present Day)
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Kind of romance:
Life of a profession:
Family, struggle with Yes
Struggle with: - Father (or standin)
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Job/Profession/Status story Yes
Married, fooling around? Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status:
Age: - 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Nationality

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status:
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 4 ()
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK - Ireland

Writing Style
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references only
Amount of dialog - mostly dialog
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