The Rachel Incident

A Most Anticipated Book of 2023 in the Irish Times , Sunday Independent , Irish Examiner and Irish Independent ''I didn''t know books could be this hilarious '' - Annie Lord, author of Notes on Heartbreak ''I really loved this book'' - Emer McLysaght, author of Oh My God What a Complete Aisling ''A gripping story, beautifully written '' - Justin Myers, author of The Fake-Up From the moment James stepped into Rachel''s life, everything changed. Once he shone his light on her, no one else stood a chance; not her dull college boyfriend, not her suburban parents, not the version of Rachel that existed until that day. When Rachel falls in love with her married professor, Dr Byrne, James helps her devise a plan to seduce him. But, what begins as a harmless crush soon leads to tension as their friendship is pushed 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. But how could anyone understand that year in Shandon Street unless they lived it? How could they understand the decisions made there? The Rachel Incident is a story about losing and then finding yourself. About the mistakes we make along the way. It''s a story about love.

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A sharp, poignant and beautifully told story of losing yourself, finding yourself and the lengths we will go to for those we love from the New York Times bestselling author of Promising Young Women and Scenes of a Graphic Nature.

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Caroline O'Donoghue is a New York Times best-selling author and the host of the award-winning podcast Sentimental Garbage. She has written two previous novels for adults, Promising Young Women and Scenes of a Graphic Nature. She has also written the best-selling supernatural series for teenagers, All Our Hidden Gifts. She was born in Ireland and currently lives in London.

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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
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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
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'*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' STYLIST

The Rachel Incident was a #2 bestseller in Ireland in June 2023