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*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

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 Coming of Age Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction Fiction Feel-Good Heartfelt Witty Romance
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Interesting storylines and believable, complex and realistically flawed characters. Gripped me from the start, would recommend!

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This is an amazing book. I loved every moment of following Rachel and James’s story.

Couldn’t stop listening

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I loved the woven storyline, the delivery of the narrator and the often amusing and relatable observations made by the author.. things I wouldn’t admit out loud Caroline does for me. A great read!

Loved this book

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Highly recommend! Narration was perfect, the characters & story had an autobiographical feel. Finished is 2 days whilst walking.

Glued from start to finish!

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Superb story, gripping, sad and funny. Completely un put downable! Loved every minute of it.

Brilliant

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