Rachel's Holiday
Marian Keyes has been writing brutally honest and hilarious stories about women for nearly 30 years. Rachel's Holiday is most likely the story that has stayed with her readers the longest. It is also among the best books every woman should read in their 20s.
Rachel Walsh, 27 years old, is the protagonist of the novel. Her family has paid for her stay at Cloisters, Dublin's answer to the Betty Ford Clinic, because she has a penchant for recreational drugs. She's only agreed to her incarceration because she's heard rehab is full of jacuzzis, gymnasiums, and rock stars going tepid turkey - and it's about time she took a break.
What Rachel doesn't count on are the humiliations of family and group therapy, a lack of sex, drugs, and rock'n'roll - and missing Luke, her ex. What kind of fresh start is this?
Rachel learns to confront her demons during her time at Cloister. It's a funny, intimate, and astute look at what it's like to believe you've screwed up your entire life and how to slowly piece it back together.
Author: Marian Keyes
Link to buy: https://www.amazon.com/Rachels-Holiday-Walsh-Family-Book-ebook/dp/B000GCFX36/ref=sr_1_1