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Newest Review: ... to her families requests and agreed to a stay in a ‘Priory’ style re-hab centre back home in Eire. Told in the ... more

 ... first person it is easy to relate to Rachels life and circumstances. As re-hab progresses I found it painful to listen. Tears pricked my eyes as I heard Rachels description of group meetings and the addicts who surround her. Anyone whose life has been touched by addiction will be able to write the responses for Rachel and her new chums as they scrabble to differentiate themselves from the addicts around them. How they rage against the insanity of being judged by friends who are at least as bad as they are. Then...more

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Crowned ReviewRachel's Holiday (Audio CD): Cheap holidays in other peoples misery (555 words)
by - written on 17/01/01, updated on  25/01/01 (Very useful, 133 readings)
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I picked up a copy of the audio book of Rachel’s Holiday at a service station. It had a nice bright cheery cover, and some encouraging blurb about a twenty something woman with size eight feet and a party lifestyle, rather Bridget Jones I thought. I had a long trip ahead, so it sounded like the perfect bubble gum listening I need on the M25. It started out well enough. Niamh Cusack has just the right lilting Irish tones to make the miles melt away. Rachel is a Dubliner in New York, living the high life, partying night and day and having the best time. Then, due to a silly misunderstanding about a scribbled note and some sleeping tablets her family ...  Read the complete review

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