Anybody Out There?

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Anybody Out There?
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Author Marian Keyes
CountryIreland
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction, humour, romance
PublisherPoolbeg Press Ltd
Publication date
2006
ISBN 9780718147631
Preceded byNothing Bad ever Happens in Tiffany's 
Followed by This Charming Man  

Anybody Out There? is a 2007 novel by Marian Keyes. [1]

It is about Anna Walsh, a woman who is recovering from an injury whilst in her parents' residence in Dublin, Ireland, [2] and is reminiscing about the life she once lived in New York. [1] Anna is married to Aidan and had worked in public relations for a cosmetics firm in East Village. [2]

Catherine Sevigny of The Observer stated that it was a "vivid portrait of a recovery". [1] Emma Hagestadt of The Independent described it as "Reminiscent of the 1990 feel-good movie Ghost". [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Sevigny, Catherine (4 March 2007). "Getting better". The Observer . Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 Hagestadt, Emma (21 April 2006). "Anybody Out There? By Marian Keyes" . The Independent . Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2019.