The Rachel Incident : The international bestseller - 'Funny, nostalgic, sexy' (Monica Heisey) - Caroline O'Donoghue
Caroline O'Donoghue
- Pages · 320 pages
- Publication Date · 06/06/2024
- Genre · Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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____________________________________________________________________________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. ____________________________________________________________________________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' STYLISTThe Rachel Incident was a #2 bestseller in Ireland in June 2023
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