Asking For It: the haunting novel from a celebrated voice in feminist fiction
Sep 2015 · Hachette UK
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'A soul-shattering novel that will leave your emotions raw. This story will haunt me forever. Everyone should read it' Guardian
In a small town where everyone knows everyone, Emma O'Donovan is different. She is the special one - beautiful, popular, powerful. And she works hard to keep it that way.
Until that night . . .
Now, she's an embarrassment. Now, she's just a slut. Now, she is nothing.
And those pictures - those pictures that everyone has seen - mean she can never forget.
For fans of Caitlin Moran, Marian Keyes and Jodi Picoult.
BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2015. The award-winning, bestselling novel about the life-shattering impact of sexual assault, rape and how victims are treated.
In a small town where everyone knows everyone, Emma O'Donovan is different. She is the special one - beautiful, popular, powerful. And she works hard to keep it that way.
Until that night . . .
Now, she's an embarrassment. Now, she's just a slut. Now, she is nothing.
And those pictures - those pictures that everyone has seen - mean she can never forget.
For fans of Caitlin Moran, Marian Keyes and Jodi Picoult.
BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2015. The award-winning, bestselling novel about the life-shattering impact of sexual assault, rape and how victims are treated.
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4.2
112 reviews
Úna Ryan
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September 22, 2015
I'm not sure loved it is the right phrase, but Louise O'Neill packs a vicious punch. Read in one sitting, my face is raw. We all know someone who has had an Emma-like experience, whether we know it or not. Perhaps the most harrowing thing is how very real O'Neill's spectacular writing feels.
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Diane Conway
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September 26, 2015
As a mother to 3 daughters my eldest being 18 I was absolutely choked reading this.it was a true insight into the lives our kids have to deal with today with rape and social media. It should be a compulsory read in all schools and I know my lot will be reading it!well done Louise on a well written book.
Gem
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October 10, 2015
Absolutely gripping, I could not put this book down. The way it is written is so realistic, you get a real sense of who the character is. Amazing.
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About the author
Louise O'Neill is the feminist powerhouse and outspoken voice for change whose novels Only Ever Yours and Asking for It helped to start important conversations about body image and consent. Asking for It won Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards 2015 and stayed in the Irish Top Ten fiction chart for over a year. Only Ever Yours won Newcomer of the Year at the Irish Book Awards and the Bookseller YA Prize. Film/TV rights have been optioned on both books. Louise lives and works in West Cork, Ireland. She contributes regularly to Irish TV and radio, and has a weekly column in the Irish Examiner.
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