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The Rachel Incident

By: Caroline O'Donoghue
Narrated by: Clara Harte
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Publisher's summary

*2023's MOST ANTICIPATED SUMMER READ*

'You will love The Rachel Incident' GABRIELLE ZEVIN, author of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow

'Funny, lovely, romantic, drenched in nostalgia' MARIAN KEYES

The Rachel Incident is an all-consuming love story. But it's not the one you're expecting. It's unconventional and messy. It's young and foolish. It's about losing and finding yourself. But it is always about love.

When Rachel falls in love with her married professor, Dr Byrne, her best friend James helps her devise a plan to seduce him. But what begins as a harmless crush soon pushes their friendship to its limits. Over the course of a year they will find their lives ever more entwined with the Byrnes' and be faced with impossible choices and a lie that can't be taken back...

'Perfectly captures the intensity and high and lows of first love, and it's also very, very funny' RED MAGAZINE

'Chaos at its finest' STYLIST

Early audiences are falling in love with The Rachel Incident:

'Big-hearted, witty and expertly crafted'—SLOANE CROSLEY, author of Cult Classic

'Hilarious'—ANNIE LORD, author of Notes on Heartbreak

'Funny, poignant, heart-breaking'—BARBARA TRAPIDO, author of Brother of the More Famous Jack

'I really loved this book'—EMER MCLYSAGHT, author of Oh My God What a Complete Aisling

'Absorbing and funny and honest and horny' LIZZIE HUXLEY-JONES, author of Make You Mine This Christmas

THE RACHEL INCIDENT by Caroline O'Donoghue is a sharp, poignant and beautifully told story of losing yourself, finding yourself and the lengths we will go to for those we love.

©2023 Caroline O'Donoghue (P)2023 W. F. Howes Ltd
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  • Categories: LGBTQ+

Critic reviews

If you've ever been young, you will love The Rachel Incident like I did'—GABRIELLE ZEVIN

'Easily 13/10 ... Funny, lovely, romantic, drenched in nostalgia.'—MARIAN KEYES

'A headlong read about being young and hopelessly in lust.'—SUNDAY TIMES, BEST SUMMER READS

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Light and beautifully told.

Such a refreshing book. No huge dramas, no death, or torture just the agony of growing up. Beautifully read.

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I enjoyed this contemporary novel so much

I loved the friendship between Rachel and James, the conflict in the Dr Burns storyline and the angst of the young adult romance between Rachel and Kerry.

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Like talking to your bestie

I loved this book and honestly couldn’t put it down. It felt like such an honest and true look into someone’s life. I’ll be reading this again!

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Fresh and fun with a twist

I really loved this book and it was light, whitty and engaging! I will probably read it again at some point!

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