The Rachel Incident

The international bestseller: a hilarious, heartfelt story of all-consuming and unexpected love

I loved itCOCO MELLORS
If youve ever been young, you will love The Rachel Incident like I didGABRIELLE ZEVIN
Funny, nostalgic, sexyMONICA HEISEY
Hilarious, wise and wonderfully writtenGRAHAM NORTON
Easily 13/10 . . . Funny, lovely, romanticMARIAN KEYES
I loved it ... had me reading with my hand over my heartTAFFY BRODESSER-AKNER
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Everyone in Cork remembers the Rachel Incident. But what really happened? Its simple. Its complicated. Its about love, sex and friendship. Its definitely about betrayal. And, above all, its 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 knowKATHERINE RUNDELL

Sharply witty, warm-hearted and wiseGUARDIAN

ODonoghue captures all the intensity of messy young loveMAIL ON SUNDAY

A book full of love, and it is extremely easy to love reading itVOGUE

Chaos at its finestSTYLIST

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