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The Rachel Incident: The international bestseller - 'Funny, nostalgic, sexy' (Monica Heisey)
Caroline O'Donoghue
Ireland, Of specific Gay interest, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Romance
An international bestseller: the hilarious, heartfelt story of unexpected love
The international bestseller: a hilarious, heartfelt story of all-consuming and unexpected love
'I loved it' COCO MELLORS
'If you've ever been young, you will love The Rachel Incident like I did' GABRIELLE ZEVIN
'Funny, nostalgic, sexy' MONICA HEISEY
'Hilarious, wise and wonderfully written' GRAHAM NORTON
'Easily 13/10 . . . Funny, lovely, romantic' MARIAN KEYES
'I loved it ... had me reading with my hand over my heart' TAFFY BRODESSER-AKNER
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Everyone in Cork remembers the Rachel Incident. But what really happened? It's simple. It's complicated. It's about love, sex and friendship. It's definitely about betrayal. And, above all, it's the story of Rachel and James, two twenty-somethings who met at a bookshop, became best friends, and spent one unforgettable year screwing up and growing up.
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Shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction and a TikTok Book Award - Book of the Year (UK & Ireland)
'Reading it is like hearing your funniest, sexiest friend tell you the best story they know' KATHERINE RUNDELL
'Sharply witty, warm-hearted and wise' GUARDIAN
'O'Donoghue captures all the intensity of messy young love' MAIL ON SUNDAY
'A book full of love, and it is extremely easy to love reading it' VOGUE
'Chaos at its finest' STYLIST
The Rachel Incident was a #2 bestseller in Ireland in June 2023
Praise for The Rachel Incident: The international bestseller - 'Funny, nostalgic, sexy' (Monica Heisey)
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A book full of love, and it is extremely easy to love reading it - Vogue
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Endlessly entertaining - Irish Independent
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Sometimes the most passionate love stories are platonic. As sharply witty as it is warm-hearted and wise - Guardian, Best Summer Reads
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Deeply relatable and extremely funny - Eva Wiseman, Observer
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Books by Irish women writers are hot these days, and this novel is on fire - People Magazine, Book of the Week
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Caroline O'Donoghue
Caroline O'Donoghue is a New York Times best-selling author and the host of the award-winning podcast Sentimental Garbage. She has written two previous novels for adults, Promising Young Women and Scenes of a Graphic Nature. She has also written the best-selling supernatural series for teenagers, All Our Hidden Gifts. She was born in Ireland and currently lives in London.
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