Asking For It
AN POST TOP 20 IRISH BOOKS FROM THE PAST TWO DECADES
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Publisher Description
AN POST TOP 20 IRISH BOOKS OF THE PAST TWENTY YEARS (2026)
BOOK OF THE YEAR at the Irish Book Awards 2015
'A soul-shattering novel that will leave your emotions raw. This story will haunt me forever. Everyone should read it' Guardian
'Riveting and essential' New York Times
'Brilliant, harrowing' Observer
'A confronting and vital read' Elle
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.
WHAT READERS ARE SAYING
'Brutal. Unflinching. Very, very good' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'This book is a must-read for everyone, young or old' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Easily one of the most gut-wrenching books I've ever read' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'An important book' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Once we started reading this heart-stopping drama, we couldn’t stop. Small-town beauty Emma O’Donovan is far from a sympathetic heroine—she’s an angry and petty teenager who puts down her friends and exploits her looks to always be the centre of attention. But when Emma comes to on her front porch after a party—with no recollection of how she got there—her world starts to fall apart. Asking for It is a compelling, hard-hitting story about the devastation of sexual violence and the role of social media in shaping and skewing the narratives of victims and perpetrators alike. It’s a novel that’s sure to spark conversation.
