Walsh Family · Book 2

Rachel's Holiday

Published
1 January 1997
Pages
570
ISBN-13
9781405911566
Type
novel
Cover of Rachel's Holiday

About this book

Rachel's Holiday, the series' most acclaimed entry, follows Rachel Walsh through addiction and a stint in rehab, appearing two years after Watermelon in 1997 at 570 pages. It sets up Again, Rachel, the 2022 sequel that catches up with Rachel decades later.

Key facts about Rachel's Holiday

Marian Keyes wrote Rachel's Holiday, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1997. The book has 570 pages.

We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781405911566 to find the main one.

Rachel's Holiday is book 2 of 7 in the Walsh Family series. The series has 7 published books. However, the series starts with Watermelon (1995).

That series sits on our contemporary fiction shelf. Meanwhile, My Favourite Mistake is the latest published Marian Keyes book on file, from 2024.

About Marian Keyes

Marian Keyes is an Irish novelist born in Limerick in 1963 and raised in Dublin, where she later studied law at University College Dublin. See every Marian Keyes book in order.

Its place in Walsh Family

Rachel's Holiday is book 2 in the Walsh Family series. It follows Watermelon. It is followed by Angels. See the full Walsh Family reading order.

The Walsh family are a boisterous, tightly-bonded Dublin household -- overbearing Mammy, quietly long-suffering Dad, and five very different adult daughters (Claire, Rachel, Maggie, Anna and Helen) -- who anchor Marian Keyes' best-loved and longest-running series. Each of the first five novels follows a different sister through a defining personal crisis, using comedy as a route into genuinely difficult material: Watermelon (1995) opens the series with Claire, abandoned by her husband on the day she gives birth…

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