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'a Perfect Page-Turner' (Dolly Alderton) from the Bestselling Author of the Rachel Incident

by Caroline O'donoghue

THE RACHEL INCIDENT - Caroline O'Donoghue's bestselling new novel* - is out now


Charlie's life isn't going forward - so she's decided to go back


After 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 writer' RED

'Witty, tender and insightful' GUARDIAN

'A perfect page-turner. I loved it' DOLLY ALDERTON

'Wonderful. Had me gripped' MARIAN KEYES

*The Rachel Incident was a #2 bestseller in Ireland in June 2023
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on order and arriving soon!

Pages:

352

Published:

14 Sept 2021

Format

Paperback

Publisher

Little, Brown Book Group Limited

Imprint

Virago Press

ISBN:

9780349009971

THE RACHEL INCIDENT - Caroline O'Donoghue's bestselling new novel* - is out now


Charlie's life isn't going forward - so she's decided to go back


After 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 writer

'
RED



'
Witty, tender and insightful

' GUARDIAN




'
A perfect page-turner. I loved it

' DOLLY ALDERTON




'
Wonderful. Had me gripped

'
MARIAN KEYES

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