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Promising Young Women

byCaroline O'Donoghue

Who is this book for? Readers interested in contemporary fiction that explores modern relationships and the challenges faced by young women in society.

Topics LovePowerFriendshipIdentity
MoodDark, Humorous, Reflective
Female protagonist
HumorDark Humor
RomanceMajor Subplot
Explicit scenesSuggestive Themes
THE RACHEL INCIDENT - Caroline O'Donoghue's bestselling new novel - is out nowA darkly funny novel about being a young woman in a man's world, by the bestselling author of The Rachel Incident'Like Nora Ephron's Heartburn, Promising Young Women positively thrums with relatability and honesty' IRISH INDEPENDENTJane is twenty-six, freshly dumped, and on the bottom rung of a lacklustre marketing career. She is also moonlighting as a worldly agony aunt. When an office party goes too far, she drunkenly tries out another role: the Other Woman. As Jane's affair with her much older, married boss takes off, she disregards the advice her alter ego would give and dissolves into being someone else's dirty little secret. But she's not the only one at her company to have taken the wrong path. As she finds her own health and sanity disintegrating, can she discover the truth before another promising young woman is taken under his wing?'Deeply relatable and darkly comic . . . It'll have you nodding with familiarity, thinking, laughing - and crying - as you race towards the end' GRAZIA'So brilliant, I highly recommend it' DOLLY ALDERTON'I loved it - whipsmart and so witty' MARIAN KEYES'Sharp, pithy and engaging' IRISH TIMES'Smart and spiky' METROAn Post Irish Book Awards ShortlistedSunday Independent Newcomer of the YearThe Rachel Incident was a #2 bestseller in Ireland in June 2023

Language

en

Published on

03/07/2019

Pages

352

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780349009933

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