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Sep 3, 2015 · Asking For It is about what happens to eighteen-year-old student Emma O'Donovan after she is raped at a party by a group of boys on the school football team. She doesn't understand what's happened to her, until photos of that night are shared on Facebook.
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Sep 2, 2015 · Louise O’Neill on writing Asking For It: Unblurring the lines about rape. Horrified by the shaming of a US rape victim, the author started to think about how a small Irish community would...
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Oct 19, 2015 · “Asking for It” is shockingly good literature. It brings to light a hugely important issue of our times and treats it intelligently, crafting a tragic tale which will stay with you, long after you race through its pages.
Sep 3, 2015 · 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.
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Author: Louise O'Neill (b. 1985) First published: 2015 in the United Kingdom; 2016 in the United States. Type of work: Novel. Type of plot: Social realism. Time of plot: Present day. Locale:...
Jan 26, 2020 · Asking For It was first published in 2015. The novel tells the story of Emma O’Donovan, a young woman growing up in a small town in west Cork. She’s beautiful, popular; loved and feared in equal measures by her friends.
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Jan 9, 2018 · Asking For It is a powerful story about the devastating effects of rape and public shaming, told through the awful experience of a young woman whose life is changed forever by an act of violence.
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