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The Rachel Incident

by Caroline O'Donoghue

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Book of the Day, NPR · December 16, 2023

'The Rachel Incident' looks back on early-20s friendships, love and mistakes

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Book of the Day, NPR · July 24, 2023

'The Rachel Incident' looks back on early-20s friendships, love and mistakes

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A novel centred on a messy, wonderful friendship between Rachel and James, who live together, party, and find themselves in a peculiar situation with an older married couple. Told from an older Rachel's perspective reflecting on her youth, the book explores abortion, sexual repression in Irish society, and the mistakes of early adulthood.

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