![]() ![]() Everyone has something to say about Emma. The media descends, neighbors choose sides, and people from all over the world want to talk about her story. Her mind may be a blank as far as the events of the previous evening, but someone has posted photos of it on Facebook under a fake account, "Easy Emma"-photos she will never be able to forget.Īs the photos go viral and a criminal investigation is launched, the community is thrown into tumult. At school, people turn away from her and whisper under their breath. All she knows is that none of her friends will respond to her texts. To her distress, Emma can't remember what happened the night before. She is disheveled, bleeding, and disoriented, looking as if she had been dumped there. ![]() There was something really special in it, a work of young adult fiction that was also a polemic. A compelling read, it won the CBI award for newcomer of the year, and the Young Adult Books Prize 2015. The next morning Emma's parents discover her collapsed on the doorstop of their home, unconscious. Louise O’ Neill’s debut novel, Only Ever Yours, was dark, angry and dystopian. Everyone is at the party, and all eyes are on Emma. It's the beginning of summer in a quiet Irish town and tonight she and her friends have dressed to impress. Emma O'Donovan is eighteen, beautiful, and fearless. ![]()
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