The book, ‘No Virgin’ by Louise O'Neill describes the visceral tale of a girl by the name of Stacy writing a book describing the story of her own brutal sexual assault and rape after being encouraged to write a book about it by her good friend Patrice. She comes from a dysfunctional family with divorced parents and her younger sister, Josie, who dropped out of school in year 9 (age 14
for people who didn’t grow up in the English Schooling System) after becoming pregnant.
This story discusses the idea perpetuated in modern media and social settings of ‘asking for it’. The idea of this starts at the begging of the book when she speaks to her friend about it and explains her reasons of now what long to go to the police due to feelings of being blamed.
This book describes the oh too real situation too many people have been in and describes well the feelings many survivors feel after such a brutal attack.
for people who didn’t grow up in the English Schooling System) after becoming pregnant.
This story discusses the idea perpetuated in modern media and social settings of ‘asking for it’. The idea of this starts at the begging of the book when she speaks to her friend about it and explains her reasons of now what long to go to the police due to feelings of being blamed.
This book describes the oh too real situation too many people have been in and describes well the feelings many survivors feel after such a brutal attack.