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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. 'Riveting and essential' * New York Times * Brilliant, harrowing * Observer * A brutal and shocking novel that strikes to the heart of the current debates around consent * Stylist * 'Establishes Louise O'Neill as a literary tour de force' * Irish Independent * A difficult, confronting and vital read * Elle * Heartbreakingly accurate . . . handled with both sensitivity and unflinching honesty. A compelling and brave story that deserves to be read by all * Heat * A stunning portrait of a girl, a family and a town in trouble * Irish Examiner * A brutal, unflinching look at the culture of slut-shaming and trial by social media. It broke my heart. * Red Magazine * A brave and important book about rape culture, sexism and victim-blaming in modern society. * Telegraph * Bold, brave . . . and brutal * Bookseller * O'Neill has a keen ear for the catty argot of teenage girls and her writing is razor sharp . . . unsparing and unsentimental * Independent * A razor-sharp look at gender issues - Glasgow Herald * Glasgow Herald * Riveting . . . a timely, gripping and vital novel. * Western Mail * A nuanced and insightful commentary on the intricacies of teenage female friendship and the internal and external pressures that young women face as they reach adulthood * Irish Mail on Sunday * Blistering, unapologetic and vitally important -- Anna James This unflinching, timely novel asks important questions about rape culture, sexism and social media abuse, tackling taboo themes with subtlety and sensitivity -- Anita Sethi * Observer *

Asking For It: the haunting novel from a celebrated voice in feminist fiction