Lauren J MacKenzie

Jul 14, 2023 | irishexaminer.com | Lauren J MacKenzie

Author Lauren MacKenzie reveals how her parents’ open marriage was the inspiration for her new novel, The Couples      The first book I remember reading by myself was a pretty, white leather bible given to me by a neighbour, Mrs Bevan, a church going Methodist, who thought my very modern, secular parents were letting me down. I was six.

Jul 8, 2023 | independent.ie | Lauren J MacKenzie

Lauren Mackenzie on her parents’ flirtation with open marriage: ‘I think you have to choose to be faithful’The screenwriter and author tells of her parents’ free love experiment and how it inspired her debut novel ‘The Couples’Lauren Mackenzie's novel explores what it takes to stay together in a long-term relationship. Photo: Steve HumphreysWe never truly know what happens in other people’s marriages.

Jul 6, 2023 | thisismoney.co.uk | Wendy Holden |Emma Rosenblum |Imogen Edwards-Jones |Lauren J MacKenzie

POPULARBAD SUMMER PEOPLE by Emma Rosenblum (Michael Joseph £16.99, 272pp)An exclusive island full of competitive rich people, what could possibly go wrong? Summer regulars Jason, his best friend Sam, and their sleek, glossy wives, Lauren and Jen, are about to find out. It all starts with the arrival of the tennis club's summer coach. Handsome Robert will do anything — and anyone — to get ahead. But does this include murder? Fast-paced and wonderfully heartless.