Promising Young Women

THE RACHEL INCIDENT - Caroline O'Donoghue's bestselling new novel* - is out now A darkly funny novel about being a young woman in a man's world ' Like Nora Ephron's Heartburn , Promising Young Women positively thrums with relatability and honesty ' IRISH INDEPENDENT Jane 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 ' METRO An Post Irish Book Awards Shortlisted - Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year * The Rachel Incident was a #2 bestseller in Ireland in June 2023

THE RACHEL INCIDENT - Caroline O'Donoghue's bestselling new novel* - is out now A darkly funny novel about being a young woman in a man's world ' Like Nora Ephron's Heartburn , Promising Young Women positively thrums with relatability and honesty ' IRISH INDEPENDENT Jane 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 ' METRO An Post Irish Book Awards Shortlisted - Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year * The Rachel Incident was a #2 bestseller in Ireland in June 2023

THE RACHEL INCIDENT - Caroline O'Donoghue's bestselling new novel, a hilarious and heartfelt story of unexpected love - is out now A smart, surprising ,darkly funny novel about being a young woman in a man's world. 'So brilliant . . . It couldn't really be more timely . . . I highly recommend it' DOLLY ALDERTON 'I loved it. The writing is whipsmart and so witty' MARIAN KEYES Jane Peters is an adrift twenty-something by day, and a world-weary agony aunt by night. But when an office party goes too far, Jane dissolves into the high-stakes world of being the Other Woman: a role she has the right advice for, but not the smarts to follow through on. What starts out as a drunken mistake quickly unravels as Jane discovers that sex and power go hand-in-hand, and that it's hard to keep your head when you've become someone else's dirty little secret. And soon, her friendships, her sanity and even her life are put into jeopardy... 'Sharp, pithy and engaging' IRISH TIMES 'Brilliant' ELLE 'Deeply relatable and darkly comic . . . It'll have you nodding with familiarity, thinking, laughing - and crying - as you race towards the end' GRAZIA 'A future classic' JANE CASEY AN Post Irish Book Awards Shortlisted - Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year

THE RACHEL INCIDENT - Caroline O'Donoghue's bestselling new novel, a hilarious and heartfelt story of unexpected love - is out now A smart, surprising ,darkly funny novel about being a young woman in a man's world. 'So brilliant . . . It couldn't really be more timely . . . I highly recommend it' DOLLY ALDERTON 'I loved it. The writing is whipsmart and so witty' MARIAN KEYES Jane Peters is an adrift twenty-something by day, and a world-weary agony aunt by night. But when an office party goes too far, Jane dissolves into the high-stakes world of being the Other Woman: a role she has the right advice for, but not the smarts to follow through on. What starts out as a drunken mistake quickly unravels as Jane discovers that sex and power go hand-in-hand, and that it's hard to keep your head when you've become someone else's dirty little secret. And soon, her friendships, her sanity and even her life are put into jeopardy... 'Sharp, pithy and engaging' IRISH TIMES 'Brilliant' ELLE 'Deeply relatable and darkly comic . . . It'll have you nodding with familiarity, thinking, laughing - and crying - as you race towards the end' GRAZIA 'A future classic' JANE CASEY AN Post Irish Book Awards Shortlisted - Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year

"Suzanne Scanlon enters the inverted space of grief and near-madness with courage, intelligence, and wit--and with a small, sharp light for us to follow." --Dawn Raffel A series of fragmentary tales tells the story of Lizzie, a young woman who, in her early twenties, unexpectedly embarks on a journey through psychiatric institutions, a journey that will end up lasting many years. With echoes of Sylvia Plath, and against a cultural backdrop that includes Shakespeare, Woody Allen, and Heathers, Suzanne Scanlon's first novel is both a deeply moving account of a life of crisis and a brilliantly original work of art.

"Suzanne Scanlon enters the inverted space of grief and near-madness with courage, intelligence, and wit--and with a small, sharp light for us to follow." --Dawn Raffel A series of fragmentary tales tells the story of Lizzie, a young woman who, in her early twenties, unexpectedly embarks on a journey through psychiatric institutions, a journey that will end up lasting many years. With echoes of Sylvia Plath, and against a cultural backdrop that includes Shakespeare, Woody Allen, and Heathers, Suzanne Scanlon's first novel is both a deeply moving account of a life of crisis and a brilliantly original work of art.