Nobody's Girl

A heartbreaking book but a really important read. -- Lorraine Kelly * 'Lorraine' * Nobody’s Girl is both devastating and uplifting. It tells the story of how easily a life can be snapped in half by powerful abusers - and the enormous pain it takes to rebuild a broken human soul . But it’s also a tale of justice , what can be achieved when a woman refuses to be silenced, refuses to be blamed. And is willing to call out the complicity of evil around us. Virginia’s voice soars throughout this memoir - fearless and frank - angry and empowering. It speaks to the thousands of other victims out there about how to start fighting back. -- Emily Maitlis, journalist, broadcaster, author This astonishing book left me reaching for breath …it is impossible to forget the glare of Virginia Giuffre’s headlight exposure of an iniquitous abuse system that can exist and destroy within plain sight. And it is impossible to ignore the urgency of Giuffre’s rallying cry to us all to unsilence the secret code of self-protection wielded by the powerful, the rich and the regal. -- Juliet Nicolson, author of The Book of Revelation A devastating exposé of power, corruption and abuse ... lays bare the life-wrecking impact of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes – but it is also the story of how a young woman becomes a hero ... important, courageous, tragically posthumous -- Emma Brockes * Guardian * The most important (but, honestly, the most traumatic) book I’ve read all year. As painful as this book is to read, please, please do. -- Sam Baker * The Shift * Startling ... It feels somewhat like a chance to testify both on the shocking events that shaped her life and the struggles she faced before death ... Nobody's Girl demands that we read with caution, discretion and sensitivity. -- Micha Frazer-Carroll * Independent * By retelling from her own perspective, the salacious details of what became tabloid headlines ... Instead she shows the reader the stark truth of who she was then ... It is a personal triumph that she chose to speak up and a tragedy that doing so came at such cost. -- Stephanie Merritt * Observer * Takes us into unimaginable realms of human suffering ...devastating. -- Sarah Ditum * The Times * Nobody’s Girl is not just a memoir – it’s a template for how difficult it is for victims who have been abused once to escape the cycle. -- Rachel Cunliffe * New Statesman *