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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.

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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

''
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

The Rachel Incident

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    A Paperback by Caroline O'Donoghue

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      Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
      Publication Date: 01/06/2024
      ISBN13: 9780349013565, 978-0349013565
      ISBN10: 034901356X

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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
      ____________________________________________________________________________

      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

      ''
      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

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