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Promising Young Women

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‘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... Read More
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Promising Young Women

A darkly funny novel about being a young woman in a man's world, by the bestselling author of THE RACHEL INCIDENT

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‘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

‘I loved Promising Young Women. It's like Bluebeard crossed with The Yellow Wallpaper neck-deep in zeitgeist. If Angela Carter was stuck in a soulless corporate job this would be the dark, delicious result’ Sharlene Teo, author of Ponti.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780349018836

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 August 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Virago Press Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 126.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 275g

Pages: 352

About the Author

Caroline O'Donoghue is a New York Times best-selling author and the host of the award-winning podcast Sentimental Garbage. She has written two previous novels for adults, Promising Young Women and Scenes of a Graphic Nature. She has also written the best-selling supernatural series for teenagers, All Our Hidden Gifts. She was born in Ireland and currently lives in London.

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