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A darkly comic and searingly honest novel about going back to your roots by the acclaimed author of Promising Young Women 'Do you know what céad mile fáilte means?''A hundred thousand welcomes.''Not a hundred thousand homes. Not a hundred thousand "stay here's".' Charlie Regan's life isn't going forward, so she's decided to go back. After floundering around the British film industry, experimenting with amateur pornography and watching her father slowly die of cancer, she journeys to her ancestral home of Clipim off the west coast of Ireland. But as she begins to question her father's childhood stories, Charlie becomes embroiled in a devastating conspiracy that's been sixty years in the making . . . and it's up to her to reveal the truth of it.With a sharp eye and sour tongue, Caroline O'Donoghue delivers a delicious contemporary fable of prodigal return. Blisteringly honest, funny and moving, it grapples with love, friendship and the nature of belonging.Praise for PROMISING YOUNG WOMEN'Whipsmart and so witty' Marian Keyes 'One of the brightest stars in the galaxy of young Irish writers' Jane Casey 'Sharp, pithy and vibrant' Irish Times9780349009957Virago fiction[author photo] credit[twitter logo]@Czaroline[Instagram logo] czaronlineczaroline.com CHARLIE REGAN'S LIFE ISN'T GOING FORWARD, SO SHE'S DECIDED TO GO BACK. 'A gorgeous exploration of the messy and fragile nature of friendship and all the many forms of love, as well as of the primal need we all have to belong' IRISH TIMES* 'A perfect page-turner. I loved it' DOLLY ALDERTON * 'Wonderful' MARIAN KEYES *After a tough few years floundering around the British film industry, experimenting with amateur pornography and watching her father's health rapidly decline, Charlie and her best friend Laura journey to her ancestral home of Clipim, an island off the west coast of Ireland. She knows this could be the last chance to connect with her dad's history before she loses him. But when the girls arrive, Charlie begins to question both her difficult relationship with Laura and her father's childhood stories. Before long, she's embroiled in a devastating conspiracy that's been sixty years in the making . . . and it's up to her to reveal the truth.'One of the most intelligent, well observed depictions of lust, loss, envy, betrayal, friendship and love that I've ever read' DAISY BUCHANAN'A moving and extremely funny look at family, roots and the myth of Irishness' THE i, ESSENTIAL SUMMER READS'Witty, tender and insightful . . . O'Donoghue is a perceptive, clever writer' GUARDIAN'A darkly humorous, keenly observed blend of millennial drift and murder mystery from a razor-sharp writer' RED

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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