O'Neill, Louise

"Emma O'Donovan is eighteen, beautiful, and fearless. It's the beginning of summer in a quiet Irish town and tonight she and her friends have dressed to impress. Everyone is at the party, and all eyes are on Emma. The next morning Emma's parents discover her collapsed on the doorstep of their home, unconscious. She is disheveled, bleeding, and disoriented, looking as if she had been dumped there in a hurry ... [Relates] 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."--Provided by publisher.

In the near future, women are genetically engineered and trained in special schools to serve as wives and maintain their beauty above all else. But sixteen-year-old Frieda refuses to adhere to the rules after she watches her best friend Isabel start to self-destruct.

Eighteen-year-old Emma O'Donovan goes to a big party and the next day her parents find her dumped on the doorstep of their home, unconscious, bleeding, disoriented, and remembering nothing from the night before. However, photos are soon posted online that show Emma's rape by four young men. The media arrives, the police investigate, the town chooses sides, and Emma's life changes forever.

In the near future, women are genetically engineered and trained in special schools to serve as wives and maintain their beauty above all else. But sixteen-year-old Frieda refuses to adhere to the rules after she watches her best friend Isabel start to self-destruct.