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CHARLIE REGAN'S LIFE ISN'T GOING FORWARD, SO SHE'S DECIDED TO GO BACK. * 'A perfect page-turner. I loved it' DOLLY ALDERTON * 'Wonderful' MARIAN KEYES *'A gorgeous exploration of the messy and fragile nature of friendship and all the many forms of love, as well as of the primal need we all have to belong' IRISH TIMESAfter a tough few years floundering around the British film industry, experimenting with amateur pornography and watching her father's health rapidly decline, Charlie and her best friend Laura journey to her ancestral home of Clipim, an island off the west coast of Ireland. She knows this could be the last chance to connect with her dad's history before she loses him. But when the girls arrive, Charlie begins to question both her difficult relationship with Laura and her father's childhood stories. Before long, she's embroiled in a devastating conspiracy that's been sixty years in the making . . . and it's up to her to reveal the truth.***Longlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize***'One of the most intelligent, well observed depictions of lust, loss, envy, betrayal, friendship and love that I've ever read' DAISY BUCHANAN'A moving and extremely funny look at family, roots and the myth of Irishness' THE i, ESSENTIAL SUMMER READS'Witty, tender and insightful . . . O'Donoghue is a perceptive, clever writer' GUARDIAN'A darkly humorous, keenly observed blend of millennial drift and murder mystery from a razor-sharp writer' RED

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A dark and supernatural contemporary teen debut by multi-talented author and journalist Caroline O'Donoghue."So gripping, so intriguing, so layered – All Our Hidden Gifts feels like a book that should have always existed." Kiran Millwood Hargrave"A seductive and brilliant book. Fiercely, furiously good." Melinda Salisbury"The most authentic teenage voice I've read in ages... I was utterly bewitched." Holly Bourne"Grim, gripping and gorgeous. I devoured it." Deirdre SullivanMaeve Chambers doesn't have much going for her. Not only does she feel like the sole idiot in a family of geniuses, she managed to drive away her best friend Lily a year ago. But when she finds a pack of dusty old tarot cards at school, and begins to give scarily accurate readings to the girls in her class, she realizes she's found her gift at last. Things are looking up – until she discovers a strange card in the deck that definitely shouldn't be there. And two days after she convinces her ex-best friend to have a reading, Lily disappears.Can Maeve, her new friend Fiona and Lily's brother Roe find her? And will Maeve's new gift be enough to bring Lily back, before she's gone for good?

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THE RACHEL INCIDENT - Caroline O''Donoghue''s bestselling new novel* - is out nowA darkly funny novel about being a young woman in a man''s world''Like Nora Ephron''s Heartburn, Promising Young Women positively thrums with relatability and honesty'' IRISH INDEPENDENTJane is twenty-six, freshly dumped, and on the bottom rung of a lacklustre marketing career. She is also moonlighting as a worldly agony aunt. When an office party goes too far, she drunkenly tries out another role: the Other Woman. As Jane''s affair with her much older, married boss takes off, she disregards the advice her alter ego would give and dissolves into being someone else''s dirty little secret. But she''s not the only one at her company to have taken the wrong path. As she finds her own health and sanity disintegrating, can she discover the truth before another promising young woman is taken under his wing?''Deeply relatable and darkl

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THE RACHEL INCIDENT - Caroline O''Donoghue''s bestselling new novel* - is out nowCharlie''s life isn''t going forward - so she''s decided to go backAfter a tough few years floundering around the British film industry and experimenting with amateur pornography, Charlie and her best friend Laura take a trip to her familial home on an island off the west coast of Ireland. Her father''s health is rapidly declining and this could be the last chance to connect with her roots. But events on the island cause Charlie to doubt her father''s childhood stories - and then there''s her complicated relationship with Laura. Pursuing the truth will shatter everything she thought knew - but is that what it takes to grow up?''A gorgeous exploration of the messy and fragile nature of friendship and all the many forms of love'' IRISH TIMES''A darkly humorous, keenly observed blend of millennial drift and murder mystery from a razor-sharp

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The international bestseller: a hilarious, heartfelt story of all-consuming and unexpected loveShortlisted for a TikTok Book Award - Book of the Year (UK and Ireland)''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____________________________________________________________________________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.____________________________________________________________________________''I adored it''

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THE RACHEL INCIDENT - Caroline O'Donoghue's bestselling new novel*, a hilarious and heartfelt story of unexpected love - is out nowA smart, surprising ,darkly funny novel about being a young woman in a man's world. 'So brilliant . . . It couldn't really be more timely . . . I highly recommend it' DOLLY ALDERTON'I loved it. The writing is whipsmart and so witty' MARIAN KEYESJane Peters is an adrift twenty-something by day, and a world-weary agony aunt by night. But when an office party goes too far, Jane dissolves into the high-stakes world of being the Other Woman: a role she has the right advice for, but not the smarts to follow through on. What starts out as a drunken mistake quickly unravels as Jane discovers that sex and power go hand-in-hand, and that it's hard to keep your head when you've become someone else's dirty little secret. And soon, her friendships, her sanity and even her life are put into jeopardy... 'Sharp, pithy and engaging' IRISH TIMES'Brilliant' ELLE'Deeply relatable and darkly comic . . . It'll have you nodding with familiarity, thinking, laughing - and crying - as you race towards the end' GRAZIA'A future classic' JANE CASEYAN Post Irish Book Awards Shortlisted - Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year*The Rachel Incident was a #2 bestseller in Ireland in June 2023

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THE RACHEL INCIDENT - Caroline O'Donoghue's bestselling new novel*, a hilarious and heartfelt story of unexpected love - is out nowCharlie Regan's life isn't going forward, so she's decided to go back...'A perfect page-turner. I loved it' DOLLY ALDERTON'A gorgeous exploration of all the many forms of love' IRISH TIMES'Wonderful' MARIAN KEYESAfter a tough few years floundering around the British film industry, experimenting with amateur pornography and watching her father's health rapidly decline, Charlie and her best friend Laura journey to her ancestral home of Clipim, an island off the west coast of Ireland. She knows this could be the last chance to connect with her dad's history before she loses him. But when the girls arrive, Charlie begins to question both her difficult relationship with Laura and her father's childhood stories. Before long, she's embroiled in a devastating conspiracy that's been sixty years in the making . . . and it's up to her to reveal the truth.'One of the most intelligent, well observed depictions of lust, loss, envy, betrayal, friendship and love that I've ever read' DAISY BUCHANAN'A moving and extremely funny look at family, roots and the myth of Irishness' THE i, ESSENTIAL SUMMER READS'Witty, tender and insightful . . . O'Donoghue is a perceptive, clever writer' GUARDIAN'A darkly humorous, keenly observed blend of millennial drift and murder mystery from a razor-sharp writer' RED *The Rachel Incident was a #2 bestseller in Ireland in June 2023

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Magic-sensitive Maeve wants to save the innocent from a dangerous cult. But how much can she delve into darkness without becoming what she fears? The exciting conclusion to the Gifts series.Big things are happening for Maeve and her tight-knit coven in Kilbeg, Ireland. Fiona lands a role on a TV show, Roe’s band is poised to hit the big time, and Lily has a new punk style and passion for tattooing. Then there’s Maeve, whose magic is growing stronger and more frightening. She finds herself increasingly lashing out, doing and saying cruel things without knowing why. When her recurring dreams begin to involve her physically manifesting in other places, Maeve realizes the power she wields might not be entirely under her control. She turns to enemy-turned-maybe-friend Aaron for help, which means pushing her other friends away. But when the two learn that the religious cult the Children of Brigid is kidnapping vulnerable teenagers in preparation for a dangerous rit

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A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A USA TODAY BESTSELLER • A brilliantly funny novel about friends, lovers, Ireland in chaos, and a young woman desperately trying to manage all three • “O'Donoghue deepens the familiar coming-of-age premise with riveting moral complications. —PeopleIf you’ve ever been unsure what to do with your degree in English; if you’ve ever wondered when the rug-buying part of your life will start...if you’ve ever loved the wrong person, or the right person at the wrong time…In short, if you’ve ever been young, you will love The Rachel Incident like I did.” —Gabrielle Zevin, New York Times best-selling author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and TomorrowRachel is a student working at a bookstore when she meets James, and it’s love at first sight. Effervescent and insistently heterosexual, James soon invites Rachel

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A spellbinding supernatural teen drama – and sequel to All Our Hidden Gifts.Maeve and her friends have revealed their powers and banded together as a coven: Roe can pick locks, Lily sends sparks flying, Maeve can read minds and Fiona can heal any injury. And even better than their newfound talents? Roe and Maeve are officially an item.But with strange things happening at school, and old enemies appearing in new places, it soon becomes clear their powers are attracting all the wrong attention. It’s not long before Maeve’s gift start to wane, drained by someone – or something – that’s hiding even from her second sight...The brilliant second installment in the Hidden Gifts series, with further titles to come.Praise for All Our Hidden Gifts"So gripping, so intriguing, so layered – All Our Hidden Gifts feels like a book that should have always existed." – Kiran Millwood Hargrave"A seductive and brilliant book. Fiercely, furiously good." – Melinda Salisbury"The most authentic teenage voice I've read in ages... I was utterly bewitched." – Holly Bourne

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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'Deeply relatable and extremely funny' OBSERVER'Easily 13/10 . . . Funny, lovely, romantic, drenched in nostalgia' MARIAN KEYES'A headlong read about being young and hopelessly in lust' SUNDAY TIMES'Hilarious, wise and wonderfully written' GRAHAM NORTON'Gorgeous, bittersweet and true' JENNY COLGAN____________________________________________________________________________ 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. . .____________________________________________________________________________'A deliciously complicated and very real romance with some refreshing twists. O'Donoghue captures all the intensity of messy young love' MAIL ON SUNDAY'A stormer of a novel' I NEWS'A book full of love, and it is extremely easy to love reading it' VOGUE'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'Sharply witty, warm-hearted and wise' GUARDIAN'Books by Irish women writers are hot these days, and this novel is on fire' PEOPLE MAGAZINE, Book of the Week'Filled with humour and heart . . . You'll gobble up The Rachel Incident in one bite' DAILY EXPRESSThe Rachel Incident was a #2 bestseller in Ireland in June 2023

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A spellbinding supernatural teen drama and final book in the Gifts series from a New York Times bestselling author.With the return of the Housekeeper on the cards, Maeve must find out everything she can about the vengeful tarot spirit in order to finally defeat her. Crossing over into a parallel dimension inside the old school building, she explores the history of the Housekeeper – and spends too long in a world and a mind not her own.With the Children of Brigid closing in once more, and Maeve's friend group now fractured across Ireland, can they hope to ultimately save the town – and Maeve – from the grip of a power greater than they ever imagined?

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