The Woman Who Stole My Life

By: Marian Keyes

Narrated by: Aoife McMahon

Length: 15 hrs and 1 min

Publisher's summary

From best-selling author Marian Keyes, a hilarious new novel about an Irish beautician and her unorthodox path to love and fame.

In her own words, Stella Sweeney is just "an ordinary woman living an ordinary life with her husband and two teenage kids", working for her sister in their neighborhood beauty salon. Then one day she is struck by a serious illness that lands her in the hospital for months.

After recovering, Stella finds out that her neurologist, Dr. Mannix Taylor, has compiled and self-published a memoir about her illness. Her discovery comes when she spots a photo of the finished copy in an American tabloid - and it's in the hands of the vice president's wife!

As her relationship with Dr. Taylor gets more complicated, Stella struggles to figure out who she was before her illness, who she is now, and who she wants to be while relocating to New York City to pursue a career as a newly minted self-help memoirist.

Funny, fast-paced, and honest, Keyes's latest novel is full of her trademark charm and wisdom and is sure to delight her many fans.

©2014 Marian Keyes (P)2014 W.F. Howes

First Part? Good. Second Part? Ugh!

This is two books in one, really. Keyes does a phenomenal job in the first part with Stella's struggle with her horrific, immobilizing illness. Truly, I enjoyed the first part. It was paced well; it was filled with raw and touching emotion.
Second book? Oh, my. Stella does nothing: zip! nada! It's almost as though she was still paralyzed for all the action she takes. I understand that she's depressed, but come on. Do SOMEthing! Everybody else takes actions, makes choices. All Stella does is whine, cringe, get confused, until those around her blast her with choices to be made.
Worth a Daily Deal, 1/2 credit, for the first book.
The second part? Oi veh!

Never disappointed with Marian Keyes

I'm a huge Marian Keyes fan and I love all her books, including this one!

made me crazy

i love love love marian keyes. shes clever and witty. some of that came through but i found stella sweeney to be a bit of a wet blanket and difficult to relate to. it was worth a free credit but i wouldnt pay for it.

Self-Sab Bitter Single Woman Feels Sad

The book drew me in right away, but proved to be incredibly disappointing. The lack of depth and character development as the story developed had me rolling my eyes multiple times. Stella Sweeney is uninspiring and aloof, and at no time in the story did I find myself able to identify with her. At every turn she made terrible decisions and was ungrateful for the level of support around her.

good beach listen

did not connect very well with the main character but still a great and enjoyable listen.

Great story, well written and narrated

This is true to Marian Keyes style, but with different characters and it doesn't disappoint. Story goes back and forth in time, which adds to the anticipation and interest of what happens and how. The narrator is excellent, lovely voice to listen to but she also managed to capture each person well. Highly recommend.

Entertaining, funny, and sexy!

Finished it quickly, was fun and great for destressing. The love scenes surprised me but we're well written. Marian Keyes always gets me laughing :)

Fun summer read

You must be a Marian Keyes fan to love this novel as much as I did. be patient.

couldn't stop listening

something about this book was slow to start, but soon I found that I couldn't stop listening! I could feel emotion for the characters as if I was in the book with them. it was an excellent book! so sad it's over.

loved it!

loved the narrator.. really interesting switching back and forth between time periods. I really connected with the characters