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Louise oneill has taken the concept of consent and brought it to her fictional story, based on many reallife cases. Asking for it is a book full of victim blaming and stereotyping. In louise oneills world of only every yours, women are no longer born naturally. Louise oneill is recalling the first time she had a nonconsensual sexual experience. Publishers weekly louise oneill may still be relatively new to the scene, but the irish author is already earning comparisons to feminist literary legends like margaret atwood, and being declared the best ya fiction writer working today. Set in cork, asking for it follows the life of 18yearold student emma odonovan during her summer before sixth year. Everyone should read it guardian in a small town where everyone knows everyone, emma odonovan is different.
Upon returning to ireland in 2011, o neill began her first novel only ever yours, which was published in 2014. Instead of setting the book in a big city, or with older characters, she has used the cusp of adulthood for her protagonist, emma, and shown how a young woman, with a cocky, self assured exterior, can be an insecure. Asking for it is so important, and everyone should read it. This stage adaptation of louise o neill s devastating novel, asking for it, shines an unflinching light on the experience of a young woman whose life is changed forever by a horrific act of violence. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. And she isnt afraid to cover a controversial topic, bringing it into the public domain. Initially, i did find it difficult to get into the flow of asking for it by louise oneill for two main reasons. Asking for it, the second novel for young adults by irish writer louise o neill, released in the united states this month, which depicts a brutal rape closely resembling two american cases that made international headlines. It astutely poses questions about consent, responsibility and the. After graduating with a ba in english studies at trinity college dublin, she went on to complete a postgrad in fashion buying at dit. Its the beginning of summer in a quiet irish town and tonight she and her friends have dressed to impress.
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Asking for it won book of the year at the irish book awards 2015 and stayed in the irish top ten fiction chart for over a year. She was born in 1985 and grew up in clonakilty, in west cork, ireland. Apr 05, 2016 louise oneill, ya author from clonakilty in ireland. Emma odonovan is eighteen years old, beautiful, happy, confident.
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