Will Rachel Klein bring down the President? Or will he manage to do that all by himself?
‘An entertaining romp of a political satire…absolutely delicious’ – New York Times
LONGLISTED: Blogger’s Book Prize
Rachel Klein is sacked from her job at the White House after she sends an email criticising Donald Trump. As she is escorted off the premises she is hit by a speeding car, driven by what the press will discreetly call ‘a personal friend of the President’.
Does that explain the flowers, the get-well wishes at a press briefing, the hush money offered by a lawyer at her hospital bedside?
Rachel’s recovery is soothed by comically doting parents, matchmaking room-mates, a new job as aide to a journalist whose books aim to defame the President, and unexpected love at the local wine store.
But secrets leak, and Rachel’s new-found happiness has to make room for more than a little chaos. Will she bring down the President? Or will he manage to do that all by himself?
Rachel to the Rescue is a mischievous political satire, with a delightful cast of characters, from one of America’s funniest novelists.

‘An entertaining romp of a political satire… I’ve no doubt that readers hungry for heartwarming comedy and spicy DC gossip will find Elinor Lipman’s new novel absolutely delicious’
‘Hilarious’ -- Boston Globe
‘Oh my God, I love her books. They’re so funny’ -- Marian Keys
‘Hilarious. A great novel for a long and lazy summer afternoon. It feels so good to laugh’ -- Minneapolis Star Tribune
‘An entertaining romp of a political satire… I’ve no doubt that readers hungry for heartwarming comedy and spicy DC gossip will find Elinor Lipman’s new novel absolutely delicious’ || ‘Hilarious. A great novel for a long and lazy summer afternoon. It feels so good to laugh’ - Minneapolis Star Tribune || ‘Hilarious’ - Boston Globe || ‘Oh my God, I love her books. They’re so funny’ - Marian Keys
‘An entertaining romp of a political satire… I’ve no doubt that readers hungry for heartwarming comedy and spicy DC gossip will find Elinor Lipman’s new novel absolutely delicious’ || ‘Hilarious. A great novel for a long and lazy summer afternoon. It feels so good to laugh’ - Minneapolis Star Tribune || ‘Hilarious’ - Boston Globe || ‘Oh my God, I love her books. They’re so funny’ - Marian Keys

Elinor Lipman was born in Massachusetts and is the author of fourteen novels. Her first, Then She Found Me, was published in 1990 and adapted into the 2007 of the same name starring Helen Hunt, Bette Midler and Colin Firth. She won the New England Book Award in 2001, and her novel My Latest Grievance won the Paterson Fiction Prize. Four of her novels are published in the UK by Lightning Books.
She lives in Manhattan.