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The Rachel Incident

The Coming-of-Age Bestseller Everyone's Talking About – Soon on Channel 4

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The Rachel Incident

By: Caroline O'Donoghue
Narrated by: Clara Harte
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The international bestseller: a hilarious, heartfelt story of all-consuming and unexpected love

'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

What is the Rachel incident? When Rachel falls in love with her married professor, Dr Byrne, her best friend James helps her devise a plan to seduce him. But as the plot becomes increasingly complicated, their friendship is tested by impossible choices and a lie that can’t be taken back.
Chaotic and brilliantly funny, The Rachel Incident perfectly captures the turmoil of young love.

'Sharply witty, warm-hearted and wise.' - GUARDIAN, BEST SUMMER READS

'Deeply relatable and extremely funny.' - OBSERVER

'A headlong read about being young and hopelessly in lust.' - SUNDAY TIMES

'Easily 13/10 . . . Funny, lovely, romantic' MARIAN KEYES

'A book full of love, and it is extremely easy to love reading it.' – VOGUE©2023 Caroline O'Donoghue (P)2023 W. F. Howes Ltd Coming of Age Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction Psychological Fiction Feel-Good Heartfelt Witty Romance
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This was a great book, well written in a frank, honest, funny and absolutely believable way. I think everyone can relate to the topics dealt with in the book. It is subjective to a space, place and time & I thoroughly enjoyed it. I’m 60 I’ve passed it on the my 25yr old daughter she’s loving it. Loved the narrator too.

Great plausible story told in the vernacular - loved Ito

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Absolutely loved this story about friendship and love, took me straight back to the early 2000s. the narration was beautiful. So sad that it’s finished!

Beautiful

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This has everything - nostalgia, heartbreak, love, friendship. I loved it all, beautiful story with fabulous narrator.

Excellent.

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A great story. Covering the lives of young friends and lovers in Ireland in modern times. A great listen. Appropriately read by an Irish narrator.

A delightful read

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Really enjoyed it early on, then it felt like it was starting to lose pace and one point I wondered where it was going or if there was any real momentum to the story at all, but it picked up again and I found the ending more satisfying than I had imagined that I could. Narration was spot on. Overall would recommend.

Satisfying

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