Rachel's Holiday

The fast lane is much too slow for Rachel Walsh. And Manhattan is the perfect place for a young Irish female to overdo everything. But Rachel's love of a good time is about to land her in the emergency room. It will also cost her a job and the boyfriend she adores.

When her loving family hustles her back home and checks her into Ireland's answer to the Betty Ford Clinic, Rachel is hopeful. Perhaps it will be lovely—spa treatments, celebrities, that kind of thing. Instead, she finds a lot of group therapy, which leads her, against her will, to some important self-knowledge. She will also find something that all women like herself fear: a man who might actually be good for her.

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592 pages

Average rating: 7.81

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Julie MK
Mar 15, 2025
10/10 stars
This book was so different to what I imagined. The story evolved so subtly; so cleverly written from the view of the subject that I felt every emotion she had, and now understand the subject this book covers with more compassion.
Lausie
Jan 02, 2025
8/10 stars
Rachel’s Holiday€™ is about Rachel Walsh, who has been forced to spend time in rehab for drugs or risk losing her friends and family. She lives in New York with Luke and Bridget, her best friend and flatmate, but is forced to come home after she nearly dies! A programme at the Cloisters takes about 6 weeks, but it’s hard to tell how much time has passed. Rachel realises the programme helps her and re-tells the story from a new perspective: all her friends and family’s.
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margardenlady
Dec 27, 2023
8/10 stars
I haven't read Keyes for several years and this book was a witty as I remember her to be. Rachel is an ex-pat Irishwoman living in NYC, but she has a drug problem...that she refuses to face. You wouldn't think this topic could be enjoyable to read about, but Rachels tale of overdosing and landing in a treatment facility in Ireland and the motley group of addicts she meets there is both realistic and wittily told. Keyes has characterized addiction with such poignancy and charm that I was alternately saddened, repelled and charmed.

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