Watermelon
- Published
- 1 January 1995
- Pages
- 614
- ISBN-13
- 9780060090364
- Type
- novel
About this book
Watermelon launches Marian Keyes' Walsh Family series in 1995, opening with Claire Walsh abandoned by her husband on the very day she gives birth. At 614 pages, it introduces the boisterous Dublin household -- overbearing Mammy, five very different sisters -- that anchors the whole series.
Key facts about Watermelon
Watermelon is a novel by Marian Keyes. Readers have had it since 1995. It runs to 614 pages.
Our list holds 2 editions of Watermelon. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780060090364 to find the main one.
Watermelon is book 1 of 7 in the Walsh Family series. The series has 7 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with.
That series sits on our contemporary fiction shelf. Meanwhile, My Favourite Mistake is the latest published Marian Keyes book on file, from 2024.
About Marian Keyes
Marian Keyes is an Irish novelist born in Limerick in 1963 and raised in Dublin, where she later studied law at University College Dublin. See every Marian Keyes book in order.
Its place in Walsh Family
Watermelon is book 1 in the Walsh Family series. It is followed by Rachel's Holiday. See the full Walsh Family reading order.
The Walsh family are a boisterous, tightly-bonded Dublin household -- overbearing Mammy, quietly long-suffering Dad, and five very different adult daughters (Claire, Rachel, Maggie, Anna and Helen) -- who anchor Marian Keyes' best-loved and longest-running series. Each of the first five novels follows a different sister through a defining personal crisis, using comedy as a route into genuinely difficult material: Watermelon (1995) opens the series with Claire, abandoned by her husband on the day she gives birth…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780060090364
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780380796090