Why teens need to read Louise O’Neill’s new novel, Asking For It

Cork author Louise O’Neill reflects on the teenage years that inspired her sensational new novel.

Louise O’Neill won the Young Adult Book Prize for her debut novel, Only Ever Yours. Her follow-up, the remarkable Asking For It, has been lauded as the book every teen should read.

When Emma, a self-obsessed, small-town teen, is raped by the local football team – the attack subsequently posted on social media – the community turns on her; she shouldn’t have been drunk, she shouldn’t have dressed provocatively.