I’ve been hearing about Caroline O’Donoghue’s new novel, The Rachel Incident, since last fall, so I knew I needed to speak with her when pub day finally rolled around.
Highly regarded by other authors, publishing reps and editors, The Rachel Incident is a retrospective following of twenty-something Rachel and her best friend James as they figure out how to make their way in Ireland in the early 2010s. I recently spoke with Caroline O’Donoghue about coming of age in a socially conservative Ireland, some of the autobiographical aspects of the novel, and how the book might be received by American audiences.
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The Rachel Incident was published by Knopf.
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