Asking for it
It's the beginning of the summer in a small town in Ireland. Emma O'Donovan is eighteen years old, beautiful, happy, confident. One night, there's a party. Everyone is there. All eyes are on Emma. The next morning, she wakes on the front porch of her house. She can't remember what happened, she...
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It's the beginning of the summer in a small town in Ireland. Emma O'Donovan is eighteen years old, beautiful, happy, confident. One night, there's a party. Everyone is there. All eyes are on Emma. The next morning, she wakes on the front porch of her house. She can't remember what happened, she doesn't know how she got there. She doesn't know why she's in pain. But everyone else does. Photographs taken at the party show, in explicit detail, what happened to Emma that night. But sometimes people don't want to believe what is right in front of them, especially when the truth concerns the town's heroes ...
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9781784295868 (1784295868)
ASIN: 1784295868
Publish date: 2015-09-03
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Teen,
Realistic Fiction,
Mystery,
Drama,
Feminism,
Health,
Contemporary,
Crime,
Mental Health,
Young Adult Contemporary,
Fiction
Spoiler Alert: She wasn't asking for it. A few weeks ago I started and finished the book Asking For It by Louise O'Neill. This book was extremely good and it's probably going to be one of the best books I have ever read. This author has a way with words. The whole topic of this book isn't what I'...
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It’s the beginning of the summer in a small town in Ireland. Emma O’Donovan is eighteen years old, beautiful, happy, confident. One night, there’s a party. Everyone is there. All eyes are on Emma. The next morning, she wakes on the front porch of her house. She can’t remember what happened, she does...
Full and frank review to follow - for now I'll copy you my current FB status.I have to say. If you are a young adult of either gender. If you are the parent of a young adult of either gender. If you are GOING to be the parent of a young adult. Or if you were one yourself once (I think that covers pr...