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Book Review By fran laniado
Watermelon by Marian Keyes

Claire Webster is delighted upon the birth of her daughter Kate. However, that same day she her husband, James tells her that her is leaving her for another woman. A devastated Claire takes Kate, and returns to her loving, but eccentric family's home in Dublin. Claire spends time with her soap-opera obsessed mother, her bickering sisters, and her father, who is perpetually bewildered by the women that surround him. Here Claire begins the slow process of healing from her broken marriage, and she meets a new love, her sister's friend, Adam. When James decides that he wants Claire back, and unexpectedly arrives in Dublin, Claire must choose between her new life and her old one.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - 2000+ (Present Day)
Internal struggle/realization? Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Coping with loss of loved one(s) Yes
Loss of...

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

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 2 ()
Europe Yes
European country: - Ireland

Writing Style
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references only - descript of kissing - impregnation/reproduction
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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