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I loved it … whipsmart and so witty - Marian Keyes, on Promising Young Women

So brilliant … It couldn’t really be more timely - Dolly Alderton, the High Low Podcast, on Promising Young Women

Funny, clever, upsetting, fierce and absolutely of its time. A future classic - Jane Casey, on Promising Young Women

Anyone who enjoyed Jami Attenberg’s All Grown Up or Sally Rooney’s Conversations With Friends will find much to like in Caroline O’Donoghue’s darkly funny novel - Irish Independent, on Promising Young Women

Bluebeard crossed with The Yellow Wallpaper neck-deep in zeitgeist - Sharlene Teo, author of Ponti, on Promising Young Women

The cleverest, funniest and most assured debut novel I’ve ever read - Daisy Buchanan, author of How to Be a Grown-Up, on Promising Young Women

In the inventive O’Donoghue’s follow-up to Promising Young Women, she turns her tart tongue on friendship, exile and what it feels like to return to a place that no longer feels like home - The i

I was so hooked on this beautiful, funny story of homecoming and self-discovery I didn’t want to put it down. The characters are wonderfully drawn and the sense of place is so compelling - it is a mystery, a fireside yarn. There is a little Maeve Binchy in there, a little Keyes, but Caroline has her own voice, and the edge to Charlie and Laura - their difficult, funny and recognisable relationship - is all her own. - Keith Stuart, author of The Boy Made of Blocks