Anybody Out There

POOLBEG. Very Good. International bestseller Keyes is back with another quirky, heartwarming st ory of the Walsh sisters (Angels, etc.). Anna Walsh has returned to the bos om of her family in the Dublin suburbs to recuperate from the horrendous ca r accident that has left her with multiple fractures and a disfiguring scar across her face. Desperate to go back to New York and resume her normal li fe, she soon packs up her bags and returns to her job in beauty PR for punk cosmetics brand Candy Grrrl. A lonely and debilitated Anna leaves e-mails and phone messages for her mysteriously absent husband, Aidan, pleading for him to reply. [...] Meanwhile, she reminisces about their courtship and ma rriage while her kooky family (especially her Mum and hyperactive PI sister Helen) tries to buoy her spirits. Keyes's trademark blend of humor, divers e characters and a warm but unsentimental tone strikes gold.