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The Rachel Incident
- Narrated by: Clara Harte
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
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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.
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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- Hannah Condran
- 13-10-23
Loved it
I enjoyed it from start to finish, but particularly the ending is rewarding and delicious
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- the typist
- 11-02-24
Brilliant story, characters and narration
What a find. Absolutely loved the central character, the relationships were beautifully drawn and the depiction of the late noughties hilariously accurate. Such fantastic narration too.
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- MISS AK JACKSON
- 19-07-23
SO GOOD
Funny, moving, addictive, brilliant! CO’D’s best book yet - can’t recommend enough. Deeply satisfying plot, the time jumps/reminiscence structure executed perfectly- captures so much of that late teens early 20s period
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- Louisa Murray
- 17-09-23
Really recommend
Interesting storylines and believable, complex and realistically flawed characters. Gripped me from the start, would recommend!
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- Anonymous User
- 03-02-24
Satisfying
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.
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- Rachel
- 06-02-24
The relationships in this are golden
It made me laugh out loud and also feel deep connection to the characters- a great listen!
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- Angharad Rhys
- 22-09-23
amazing
couldnt stop listening . really good story and good twists . loved it ..
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- sophie parr
- 24-03-24
Great
Gripping, funny, rude, I couldn’t stop listening - a bit like Contemporary maeve binchy if you liked that as a teen you will love this as an adult
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- Anonymous User
- 25-02-24
Absolutely incredible, new favourite
Very-well written and beautiful storytelling. I was absorbed the whole time and couldn’t wait to keep listening. Fully recommend
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- Kristen
- 05-07-23
Inhaled it. Addictive story. Fantastic performance
First Caroline O’Donoghue book I’ve read but won’t be the last. So so good. Already a big fan of her podcasts and simply adored this.
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