Asking For It
Louise O'Neill
2015 • Quercus
I wanted the reader to finish this book and be absolutely furious. Furious about what happened to Emma, furious about our low rate of [rape] conviction, furious at the fact the victim is blamed. That rage is the only way change is going to be enacted.
— Louise O'Neill
Asking For It
Louise O'Neill
2015 • Quercus
I wanted the reader to finish this book and be absolutely furious. Furious about what happened to Emma, furious about our low rate of [rape] conviction, furious at the fact the victim is blamed. That rage is the only way change is going to be enacted.
— Louise O'Neill
Description
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. Asking For It is a powerful story about the devastating effects of rape and public shaming, told through the awful experience of a young woman whose life is changed forever by an act of violence.
On RadioMoLI
NovelTeens Podcast
Excerpts
Interviews
- The Journal: Louise O’Neill - ‘I Wanted the Reader to Finish this Book and be Absolutely Furious’
- Irish Independent: 'Asking For Answers - Author Louise O’Neill on her Own Sexual Experiences'
- Evoke.ie: 'Louise O’Neill Reflects on the Most "Surreal" Moment of Her Career'
- The Guardian: Louise O’Neill - ‘I Think This Book Will Infuriate A Lot of People Because It’s Going to Push Those Buttons’
Prizes & Awards
Reviews
- Sarah Gilmartin, The Irish Times
- Muchbooks, The Guardian
- Cassie Delaney, Her
- Margaret madden, Writing.ie
- Aisling O’Donovan, Motley
- Melissa Snow, The Bookworm Fantasy Blog
- Girl With Her Head in a Book Blog
Audio
Video
- Two Tube RTÉ: Irish Book Award Winner Louise O’Neill
- RTÉ: What the Hell/Heaven are we Doing? - Louise O'Neill
- Walk in My Shoes: 'Louise O’Neill on Writing, Young Adult Life and Mental Health'
Film or TV Adaptations
- Asking For It Website
- Birmingham Repertory Theatre: Asking For It - In Conversation with Author, Louise O’Neill
- The Everyman Theatre: Asking For It Interview with Lauren Coe
- Landmark Ireland: Asking For It Trailer
- Newstalk: Louise O’Neill on the Stage Adaptation of Asking For It
- The Arts Review, Theatre Review
- The Stand, Theatre Review
- Abbey Theatre Study Pack
