My Favourite Mistake by Marian Keyes

I loved reading about Rachel in ‘Rachel’s holiday’ and ‘Again, Rachel’ so I was excited to read another book by Ms Keyes. I hadn’t realised that this one centred on another of the Walsh sisters – Rachel’s sister Anna, and that Rachel and Luke would appear in the book with the rest of the Walsh clan.

Anna is living in New York with her boyfriend, and with a fantastic job in PR. Unfortunately the lockdown happens, and living in each other’s pockets is too much for Anna and Angelo and they break up. Work is also becoming too stressful, so Anna decides to take a sabbatical in Ireland with her family, and moves in with one of her sisters.  However, she soon gets purloined to help out some friends with their new high end development, which is getting some major resistance from the locals, and Anna’s PR experience is needed to smooth the way.  The problem with this is that it brings her back to Joey Armstrong – the one who broke her heart several times, and the one who got away.

I love reading about the Walsh family, and was happy to meet this crazy family again in Anna’s story. As with all Ms Keyes’ books it is well written, with strong characters, gritty and hard hitting and definitely not shying away from difficult subjects. If you loved the iconic Rachel’s holiday, you will adore this book.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6363568587