Sure, some may want to box Marian Keyes into the Chick Lit category, as some do (mistakenly) with Jane Austen. However, her brilliant character studies, hidden behind a wonderful veneer of hilarious humor, deal with very serious issues, such as addiction, depression, and death. She is the master of the "slow reveal," artfully taking you into each person's psychology, until you can thoroughly empathize with that individual and be as self-deluded as they are, which is a very normal part of the human character. Her books, while entertaining us along the way with hysterical antics, give us all hope that we can overcome any obstacle in our lives. They are wonderful psychological and social accounts of modern day women.

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