Asking for It is a beautiful book by author Louise O’Neill.
Emma O’Donovan is 18 years old, beautiful and fearless. Early summer in a quiet Irish town and tonight, she and her friends dressed to impress. Everyone was at the party, and all eyes were on Emma.
Emma’s parents discovered her collapsed on their door, unconscious. She was tired, bleeding and disoriented, looking as if she had been dumped there.
To her grief, Emma couldn’t remember what had happened the night before. All she knows is that none of her friends will reply to her messages. At school, everyone turned their backs on her and whispered. Her mind may be as blank as the events of the previous evening, but someone posted photos of it on Facebook under a fake account, “Easy Emma” – pictures she will never see. can now be forgotten.
When the photos went viral and a criminal investigation was launched, the community went wild. The media dwindled, neighbors picked sides, and people from all over the world wanted to tell her story. Everyone has something to say about Emma.
