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They are overwhelmingly generous and treat everyone to amazing holidays and nights away.

Johnny and Jessie are the lynchpins of the family. Keyes is such a great creator of characters, she has managed to all the characters their own clear personality. There is even a family tree that I had to refer to, to try and figure out everyone’s relationship to each other! But within just a couple of chapters I knew who everyone was. I have to admit when I picked it up and read the first chapter I was a little worried I would keep track of who all the characters were. But then Covid-19 hit and a combination of me trying to be good a couple of months ago and some blog tours being postponed meant I was suddenly able to choose what I read!

I’m sure I’m not the only blogger who packs their schedules so tight they rarely have time to read books from their shelves! Especially books that are over 600 pages long. I ordered a copy and it arrived on publication day and then it sat on my shelf. I adore Marian Keyes and have read and loved everything she has ever written, starting with Watermelon way back in 1996! I got a serious case on envy when I saw bloggers receiving proof copies of Grown Ups. Nell is Liam’s second wife, is quite a bit younger than him and is a theatre set designer.īut at the beginning of the book at Johnny’s birthday party, Ed’s wife Cara, who has just had a knock on the head can’t keep her thoughts to herself and starts spilling all the families secrets, to everyone’s horror!

Liam and his wife Nell are recently married after a whirlwind romance and are still getting to know each other. Cara is a hot shot receptionist at an upmarket hotel, is well liked by the whole family but has always struggled with her weight. On the surface, they are one big happy family.Įd and wife Cara are happily married with two boys. They spend a lot of time with Johnny’s brothers Ed and Liam, their wives and kids celebrating birthday parties together and holidaying together. Johnny Casey is married to Jessie, they have 5 kids between them and successfully run their own company. Grown Ups tells the story of the Casey family.