The Rachel Incident

I loved it -- Coco Mellors, author of CLEOPATRA AND FRANKENSTEIN * Cosmopolitan * It's funny and nostalgic and the sex scenes are actually sexy ... it's everything I want from a summer book -- Monica Heisey, author of REALLY GOOD, ACTUALLY * Elle Summer Reads * If you've ever had a literary internship that didn't really pay you; if you've ever contemplated writing a screenplay with a friend; if 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 avoided going home or run out of things to say to your parents; if you've ever built your life and your personality around a friend; 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, author of TOMORROW AND TOMORROW AND TOMORROW Made me realise I'd never properly understood the word 'whipsmart' till now. Hilarious, wise and wonderfully written -- Graham Norton A book full of love, and it is extremely easy to love reading it * Vogue * Chaos at its finest * Stylist * A headlong read about being young and hopelessly in lust . . . Funny, fond and wittily observed * Sunday Times, Best Summer Reads * So intimately warm and witty that reading it is like hearing your funniest, sexiest friend tell you the best story they know. It's about being a young idiot, and the glorious intensity of friendship in your early twenties -- Katherine Rundell Deeply relatable and extremely funny, and features a dinner party scene so awkward I had to put the book down and do a bit of breathing before I continued * Observer * Sometimes the most passionate love stories are platonic. As sharply witty as it is warm-hearted and wise, this coming-of-age story about an Irish graduate and her gay best friend captures the intensity of friendship, the brittle craziness of youth and the desperation of gunning for an arts job in a recession * Guardian, Best Summer Reads * Every so often, a novel comes around that makes you excited about reading again. For me, this year that is Caroline O'Donoghue's gripping, moving The Rachel Incident, which looks like it could be branded the book of the summer . . . The book is full of witty insights that get you right to the heart of the character . . . O'Donoghue is a funny, smart, fearless voice who strikes the perfect balance of realism and romance, and The Rachel Incident is a stormer of a novel * i news * A deliciously complicated and very real romance with some refreshing twists. O'Donoghue captures all the intensity of messy young love, burnishing it with nostalgia and pointed wit * Mail on Sunday * Caroline O'Donoghue perfectly captures the intensity and high and lows of first love, and while The Rachel Incident is steeped in nostalgia and heartache, it's also very, very funny * Red Magazine * An unconventional love story filled with heart and humour . . . You'll gobble up The Rachel Incident in one bite and be left hungry for more * Daily Express * The story feels slick and refined like a HBO series, but what gives it heart is O'Donoghue's raucous humour slathered on top. It's a deeply satisfying novel about friendship, love and the uncertain Ireland of 2010 * Irish Times * Caroline O'Donoghue's best work yet, a rich and nuanced read which is endlessly entertaining * Irish Independent * Will make you laugh and wince with its depiction of 20-something life * Independent, Best Romantic Summer Reads * Books by Irish women writers are hot these days, and this novel is on fire . . . O'Donoghue deepens the familiar coming-of-age premise with riveting moral complications * People Magazine, Book of the Week * O'Donoghue has a sharp eye for the tumultuous life of a young woman struggling to figure out who she is . . . p

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.