She was born in the West of Ireland in 1963.She was brought up in Dublin, and then she spent her twenties in London.During her twenties her life-long low self esteem gradually mutated into a drinking problem.She started writing in 1993 and her first book Watermelon was published in Ireland in 1995.Since then she has become a publishing phenomenon. Over ten million copies of her seven novels have been sold worldwide.Her books are an unusual blend of comedy and darkness and cover subjects like depression, addiction and illness.She’s often compared to Helen Fielding.Marian now lives in Dublin again.Her books are published worldwide and have been translated into thirty-two different languages, such as Hebrew and Japanese.

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Lola Daly has just found out that her boyfriend - gorgeous, charming and powerful politician Paddy de Courcy - is getting married. To someone else. Heartbroken, Lola flees Dublin to a cottage in the countryside. Can a new set of friends help her to get over him? Journalist Grace Gildee wants the inside story on Paddy de Courcy's engagement. Lola refuses to talk the press but Grace won't give up. She knew Paddy a long time ago and hasn't forgotten him ...Marnie Hunter is Grace's twin sister. With a loving husband and two gorgeous daughters, Marnie seems to have it all. But she's haunted by memories. Memories that began with her first love - Paddy de Courcy. Can Marnie leave the past behind once and for all and move on with her life? Alicia Thornton is Paddy's wife-to-be. Determined to be the perfect wife, Alicia would do anything for her fiance. But does she know the real Paddy? Four women. One man. And a secret that binds them all.