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The International Bestseller

‘Hilarious and gut-wrenching’ – Alice Slater, author of Death of a Bookseller

‘Think Dolly Alderton, but with the sharp edges of Eliza Clark’ – Independent

Belfast: three girls are living for the weekend, their wild friendship the only thing that matters.

Harley: hurtling from club to club in a wild and blurry quest for meaning.
Maggie: navigating a situationship with an unavailable woman, and, of course, therapy.
Roise: only bothering to turn up to her boring office job due to an ill-advised crush on her boss.

But the three of them used to be four. And now, one year on from a tragic accident that almost ripped them apart, Harley, Maggie and Roise still can’t face up to any of it: to adulthood, the future, and to each other.

‘An emotional wild ride in all the best ways’ – Dakota Johnson, TEATIME Book club

‘Compulsively readable and brilliant on friendship and grief. I raced through it’ – Daily Mail

‘So funny, taut and complex’ – Wendy Erskine, author of The Benefactors

‘Like the literary love child of Miranda July and Carrie Fisher, transposed in Belfast – hilarious, smart and chaotic in the best way’ – Louise Nealon, author of Snowflake

Shortlisted for Newcomer of the Year at the An Post Irish Book Awards
A Most Anticipated Novel of the Year – DAZED, Irish Times, RTE

Readers are raving about Thirst Trap:

‘Made me laugh and cry in equal measure’
‘Laugh-out-loud funny and deeply moving . . . I loved every page of it’
‘Sharp, funny, and deeply relatable’
‘This book is the moment’
‘I mourned this being over. It’s sad and beautiful and real and messy. It’s perfect’

Publisher Review

‘Hilarious and gut-wrenching’ — Alice Slater, author of Death of a Bookseller ‘Brilliant. The characters were so warm and real, I felt like I knew them. A beautiful look at friendship and transition, it was funny, bittersweet, and honest’ — Chloe Michelle Howarth, author of Sunburn ‘A triumph. Grainne O’Hare is like the literary love child of Miranda July and Carrie Fisher, transposed in Belfast – hilarious, smart and chaotic in the best way’ — Louise Nealon, author of Snowflake Raucous, sexy and f*cking hilarious. A heady mix of Michael Magee’s Close to Home and Lena Dunham’s Girls. Everybody should read this book. — Aimee Walsh, author of Exile ‘It’s one of those novels that you can’t believe is a debut. O’Hare is a writer to watch out for in 2025 and beyond’ * RTE * ‘A rising star of the Belfast New Wave . . . a book is for anyone who has found themselves on the fraying end of a close friendship, appreciates comedy or experienced their twenties in a blur of high emotion’ — The Irish Post High-velocity, hilarious, and rooted in the chaos and absolute commitment of female friendship. I love her work — Naomi Booth, author of raw content