Bianca
They are all innocent until proven guilty. But not me. I am a liar until I am proven honest.
— A raw and honest book about rape culture and the many ways people put the blame on the victim. This is just so infuriating and sad.
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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.
They are all innocent until proven guilty. But not me. I am a liar until I am proven honest.
"Come on. No one forced the drink down her throat or made her take shit. And what guy was going to say no if it was handed to him on a plate?" She laughs. "She was fucking asking for it."
"You can spout all the nonsense you like about equal rights, but the truth is- women have to take responsibility for themselves and their own safety. If they are going to insist on wearing such revealing clothes, if they are going to insist on getting so drunk they can barely stand, then they must be prepared to bear the consequences."
"They're good boys, really. This all just got out of hand."
"'Why did you drink so much, Emmie? Why were you in that bed in the first place, Emmie? I thought you knew better. I thought we had reared you better than that. Why, Emmie?' He kept asking, and asking, and asking, only stopping when I started to cry. 'Crocodile tears,' he snapped. 'Oh, just get out of my sight. I can't stand to look at you.'"