![]() ![]() ![]() Funny and irreverent, Keyes's Last Chance Saloon is a terrific vacation read. Not quite as obsessive as Bridget Jones and that damn diary of hers, Keyes manages to convey a painfully accurate portrayal of what it means to be single today, tempered by a few of life's less humiliating and more important lessons, like the value of true friendship. ![]() Tara, Katherine, and Fintan, as well as their quirky cast of friends (people with names like Lorcan and Mandii), live, love, and learn the hard way, the only way they can. Save up to 80 versus print by going digital with VitalSource. Fashion industry insider Fintan has found true love with his Italian boyfriend, Sandro, but a health crisis threatens their happiness. Last Chance Saloon is written by Marian Keyes and published by HarperCollins e-books. Each time, she retreats further and further into her shell, until her most intimate relationship is with her remote control. Every one of her prior relationships-six in all-has ended disastrously, with Katherine getting dumped. Katherine is a professional success, but her personal life is nonexistent. Tara's perfectly horrible, freeloading boyfriend Thomas watches her diet like a hawk and remarks cruelly on the size of her posterior, comparing her unfavorably to younger, thinner women. Childhood friends Tara, Katherine, and Fintan muddle along, dealing with the indignities and inconveniences we all face-and then some. Desperately single thirtysomething men and women populate Keyes's breezy novel. ![]()
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