Marian Keyes: What disappointment has stayed with you longest?

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Marian Keyes

Irish writer

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Not having had children.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 January 2021 source ↗

Others on this question

Francesca Martinez British comedian

The 2019 general election.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 March 2020 source ↗

When a relationship I’ve been invested in stops working. And yet, here I am, happy as you like.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 March 2024 source ↗

Lionel Shriver American author

Getting exactly what I wanted.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 May 2016 source ↗

Speech Debelle Musical artist

Not doing further education.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 November 2009 source ↗

The people I worked with when I was in the final two years of my drinking.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 January 2021 source ↗

Last Tuesday, lying on the couch, watching Schitt’s Creek with my husband. Happiness is the small, ordinary days, not the big, up-in-lights ones.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 January 2021 source ↗

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