Louise O. Neill Knihy

Emmu O'Donovanovou nikdy nenapadlo, že by se její život mohl tak nenávratně změnit. Ze dnů plných slunce se staly bezútěšné hodiny strávené mezi zdmi jednoho domu. Myslela si, že ji čeká skvělá budoucnost. Jednoho rána se ale vzbudí na trávníku před svým domem. Nepamatuje si, co se stalo, nepamatuje si, jak se tam dostala. Všichni ostatní ale ano. Všichni o Emmě mluví, všichni k tomu mají co říct. Nikdo už nevnímá, že za dívkou, která byla nejprve označována za couru a poté za objekt znásilnění, je pořád lidská bytost, která vše cítí. Kam až můžou zajít důsledky jedné události? Říkala si o to, když na večírku pila alkohol? Říkala si o to, když si oblékla provokativní šaty? Nebo je to jen dnešní pokřivené vidění světa, kde se to prostě "takhle stává"? Louise O’Neill se se svým románem snaží probudit debatu o tabuizovaném tématu, které bývá často zlehčováno.

"On the day of Henry and Keelin Kinsella's wild party at their big house a violent storm engulfed the island of Inisrun, cutting it off from the mainland. When morning broke Nessa Crowley's lifeless body lay in the garden, her last breath silenced by the music and the thunder. The killer couldn't have escaped Inisrun, but no-one was charged with the murder. The mystery that surrounded the death of Nessa remained hidden. But the islanders knew who to blame for the crime that changed them forever. Ten years later a documentary crew arrives, there to lift the lid off the Kinsella's carefully constructed lives, determined to find evidence that will prove Henry's guilt and Keelin's complicity in the murder of beautiful Nessa."--Provided by publisher.

When women are created for the pleasure of men, beauty is the first duty of every girl.

With a pen sharp as needles, the author unpicks the kind of obsessive love to which nobody is immune: I would challenge any reader to turn the final page without having flushed, at least once, in recognition. Her gaze is unflinching but never cruel; we are invited to examine, but never judge. O'Neill is a vital and necessary presence in contemporary literature, and we are lucky to have her. Sarah Perry

For Samantha Miller's young fans - her 'girls' - she's everything they want to be. She's an oracle, telling them how to live their lives, how to be happy, how to find and honour their 'truth'. And her career is booming: she's just hit three million followers, her new book Chaste has gone straight to the top of the bestseller lists and she's appearing at sell-out events. Determined to speak her truth and bare all to her adoring fans, she's written an essay about her sexual awakening as a teenager, with her female best friend, Lisa. She's never told a soul but now she's telling the world. The essay goes viral. But then - years since they last spoke - Lisa gets in touch to say that she doesn't remember it that way at all. Her memory of that night is far darker. It's Sam's word against Lisa's - so who gets to tell the story? Whose 'truth' is really a lie?[Bokinfo].

Think you know the story of The Little Mermaid? Think again... This is a book with the darkest of undercurrents, full of rage and rallying cries: storytelling at its most spellbinding. Deep beneath the sea, off the cold Irish coast, Gaia is a young mermaid who dreams of freedom from her controlling father. On her first swim to the surface, she is drawn towards a human boy. She longs to join his carefree world, but how much will she have to sacrifice? What will it take for the little mermaid to find her voice? Hans Christian Andersen's original fairy tale is reimagined through a searing feminist lens, with the stunning, scalpel-sharp writing and world building that has won Louise her legions of devoted fans.

A terrible heatwave. A very tense baby shower. It will all end in tears...Nicki, Lauren, Charlotte and Steffi have been friends since university. Now in their thirties, life is pulling them in different directions - but when Charlotte organises the baby shower of hell for pregnant Nicki, the girls are reunited.Under a sweltering hot summer day, tensions rise - and by the end of the evening, nothing will ever be the same. Someone started a fire at the house - and everyone's a suspect... Is it Steffi, happily child-free but feeling judged by her friends? Is it Charlotte, desperate to conceive and jealous of those who have? Is it Lauren, who is finding motherhood far, far worse than she imagined? Or is it Nicki herself, who never wanted a baby shower anyway?In the aftermath, the police put together the facts - but the truth will shock everyone. Even you.BIG LITTLE LIES meets REALLY GOOD, ACTUALLY in the incredible new novel from Holly Bourne - it's the book you'll want to read three times, then give to every woman in your life.

Sono sempre state amiche, freida e isabel. Ora hanno sedici anni, frequentano l'ultimo anno della Scuola e sono in attesa della Cerimonia dove sperano di essere scelte come compagne da uomini ricchi e potenti. L'alternativa è diventare concubine, o non essere scelte affatto e andare incontro a un destino terribile. Come tutte le altre ragazze, freida e isabel sono state prodotte in laboratorio e allevate con l'unico scopo di diventare perfette: la cura del corpo deve essere la sola ragione di vita, il loro carattere deve essere socievole e disponibile. Ora che il momento sta per arrivare la pressione è fortissima, isabel mette a rischio la sua sfolgorante bellezza perché non vuole più sottostare alle regole di questo mondo spietato... Poi finalmente i ragazzi arrivano, per scegliere le loro compagne, freida sa che deve combattere per il suo futuro, anche se per questo deve tradire la sua migliore amica, anche se significa innamorarsi quando è vietato, anche se sa che le conseguenze possono essere irreparabili... La storia di freida e isabel (senza maiuscole perché non possono essere delle vere persone) è ambientata in una società futura, dalle regole ferree e sconvolgenti. Eppure, leggendo di questo futuro immaginano, freida e isabel sono più vicine a noi di quanto possa sembrare.