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The Rachel Incident

‘You will love The Rachel Incident’ (Gabrielle Zevin) – the international bestseller

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The Rachel Incident

By: Caroline O'Donoghue
Narrated by: Clara Harte
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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

Early readers are falling in love with The Rachel Incident:

'Her best book yet - this is going to be huge' READER REVIEW

'A triumph of a novel' READER REVIEW

'Extremely witty, charming and humorous' READER REVIEW

'Perfection. I want to delete it from my brain so I can read it for the first time again' READER REVIEW

'Delightfully addictive' READER REVIEW

'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.©2023 Caroline O'Donoghue (P)2023 W. F. Howes Ltd Coming of Age Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction Psychological Fiction Heartfelt Romance
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Loved this story, each one of the characters, and the beautiful Irish narrator. Can see this as a TV show or mini-series.

Real and raw, with the gorgeous narration the cherry on top!

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I love all Caroline's adult books and this is my favourite so far. Real characters and a fresh take on a familiar story. Narration also excellent

Her best yet

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What a story, captivating from the get go. The narration was beautiful too. I just wanted more, more, more!

Loved it!

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I couldn’t stop listening. This had me hooked. Perfectly encapsulates the pains of growing up.

Amazing!!! Best book I’ve listened to in years.

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A story I couldn’t stop listening to. The real love between Rachel and James was heartwarming.

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