Other People’s Lives

About the book

'A brilliantly observed, funny, poignant and utterly real portrait of a mid-life woman and her family. I loved it.' Claire Fuller

'An elegant and beautifully-observed novel by one of our finest contemporary writers' Louise Kennedy

'I found myself taking screenshots to send to friends because MacMahon nails it over and over again' Claire Kilroy

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'Marriage was the biggest decision of their lives and yet they made it so lightly it was barely a decision at all'

As schoolgirls, Justine and her best friend Iseult dreamed of a future that revolved around marriage. They saw it as a happy ending, never imagining for a moment that the reality would be more complicated.

Coming up to fifty, they're still...