The Rachel Incident

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Rachel is your typical broke university student, working at a bookstore with her best friend James. She has a crush on her professor, but fear not! This book does not play out the trope like you'd expect... With lovable characters, O'Donoghue explores the pains and joy of platonic love, sexuality, and the challenges that come with trying to infiltrate an industry that favours nepotism. 

Recommended by Alice.

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The international bestseller: a hilarious, heartfelt story of all-consuming and unexpected love'If you've ever been young, you will love The Rachel Incident like I did' - GABRIELLE ZEVIN, author of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow'Funny, nostalgic, sexy' MONICA HEISEY, author of Really Good, Actually'A stormer of a novel' I NEWS'Hilarious, wise and wonderfully written' GRAHAM NORTON'A headlong read about being young and hopelessly in lust' SUNDAY TIMES, BEST SUMMER READS'Easily 13/10 ... Funny, lovely, romantic, drenched in nostalgia' MARIAN KEYESWhen Rachel falls in love with her married professor, Dr Byrne, her best friend James helps her devise a plan to seduce him. But what begins as a harmless crush soon pushes their friendship to its limits. Over the course of a year they will find their lives ever more entwined with the Byrnes' and be faced with impossible choices and a lie that can't be taken back...