Sparkgurl goes to rehab.

In a world where rehab has become the next big trend, I thought it would be appropriate to jump on the band wagon. So the Sparkgurl Review is going to rehab! But not in the way you think. So let’s get to it.

In 'Rachel’s Holiday' by Marian Keyes, Rachel Walsh finds herself in all kinds of trouble when she wakes up in the hospital after one wild night in New York City. She’s less than impressed to discover her big sister and brother-in-law have arrived to escort her back to her family in Ireland, where her dad has spent the family savings to save her. Mammy and Dad Walsh waste no time in getting Rachel carted off to the Cloisters Rehab Centre, worried that Rachel’s drug problem will be the end of her. Rachel doesn’t think she has a problem. Doesn’t everyone steal alcohol and cocaine from their boyfriend’s friends? And take an entire bottle of a variety of painkillers when they have a headache?

Keyes builds yet another great group of characters, in Rachel’s fellow ‘inmates’ and her friends and family. And if you’re scratching your head thinking ‘Gee, that family seems awfully familiar’…it’s probably because they are familiar. ‘Rachel’s Holiday’ is yet another one of Keyes’s books that features the Walsh family (in ‘Watermelon’, we met Rachel’s sister, Claire). It’s a great read and probably one of my favourites by Keyes. But a word of warning, if you’re easily offended by drug references, you might want to skip this book.

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‘Rachel’s Holiday’ is written by Marian Keyes. For more information on this book, or any other book by Keyes, visit her website.

Well, TGIF! For someone who spends most of her days curled up on the couch reading a book, I’m not quite sure why I’m so happy that another Friday is upon us. It must be the psychological thing that comes with the promise of another week behind us. Next up, I’ll be reviewing Lauren Weisberger's, of ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ fame, ‘Everyone Worth Knowing’.

Cheers for chick lit and Fridays!