Book Review: Asking For It by Louise O'Neill

Title: Asking For It

Author: Louise O'Neill

Genre: Contemporary, Fiction, Young Adult, Feminism

Publication: September 2015

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"It's the beginning of the summer in a small town in Ireland. Emma O'Donovan is 18 years old, beautiful, happy, confident.

One night, there's a party. Everyone is there. All eyes are on Emma. 

The next morning, she wakes on the front porch of her house. She can't remember what

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