If you're a girl, all that matters is that you are beautiful . . . The brilliant, bestselling first novel by Louise O'Neill, author of Asking for It
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If you're a girl, all that matters is that you are beautiful . . . The brilliant, bestselling first novel by Louise O'Neill, author of Asking for It
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Freida and Isabel have been best friends their whole lives. Now, aged sixteen and in their final year at the School, they expect to be selected as companions - wives to wealthy and powerful men.
The alternative - life as a concubine - is too horrible to contemplate. But as the intensity of the final year takes hold, the pressure to be perfect mounts. Isabel starts to self-destruct, putting her beauty - her only asset - in peril. And then into this sealed female environment, the boys arrive, eager to choose a bride. Freida must fight for her future - even if it means betraying the only friend, the only love, she has ever known...Awards
Winner of Irish Book Awards: Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year 2014 (UK)
Winner of YA Book Prize 2015 (UK)
Critic Reviews
“The bleakness of The Catcher in the Rye , the satire of The Stepford Wives and it made me recall Nineteen Eighty-Four ... a fresh and original talent - Irish IndependentMargaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale with a post-millennial twist - The Journal.ie Compelling writing ... this only-too-real dystopia grips from beginning to end - SFXDeep, dark and frighteningly believable , this book will stay with you for a long time - Marie ClaireA dark dream. A vivid nightmare. The world O'Neill imagines is frightening because it could come true . She writes with a scalpel - Jeanette WintersonUtterly magnificent ... gripping, accomplished and dark - Marian Keyes The Handmaid's Tale meets Mean Girls ' - The VagendaGripping ... like all the best dystopias, Only Ever Yours is about the world we live in now - Irish Times”
The bleakness of The Catcher in the Rye, the satire of The Stepford Wives and it made me recall Nineteen Eighty-Four ... a fresh and original talent - Irish Independent
Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale with a post-millennial twist - The Journal.ieCompelling writing ... this only-too-real dystopia grips from beginning to end - SFXDeep, dark and frighteningly believable, this book will stay with you for a long time - Marie ClaireA dark dream. A vivid nightmare. The world O'Neill imagines is frightening because it could come true. She writes with a scalpel - Jeanette WintersonUtterly magnificent ... gripping, accomplished and dark - Marian KeyesThe Handmaid's Tale meets Mean Girls' - The VagendaGripping ... like all the best dystopias, Only Ever Yours is about the world we live in now - Irish TimesAbout the Author
Louise O'Neill was born in west Cork in 1985. She studied English at Trinity College Dublin and has worked for the senior Style Director of American Elle magazine. While in New York, she also worked as an assistant stylist on a number of high-profile campaigns. She is currently working as a freelance journalist for a variety of Irish national newspapers and magazines, covering feminist issues, fashion and pop culture. Her website is louiseoneillauthor.com and you can find her on Twitter @oneilllo
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freida and isabel have been best friends their whole lives. Now, aged sixteen and in their final year at the School, they expect to be selected as companions - wives to wealthy and powerful men. The alternative - life as a concubine - is too horrible to contemplate. But as the intensity of the final year takes hold, the pressure to remain perfect becomes almost unbearable. isabel starts to self-destruct, putting her beauty - her only asset - in peril. And then, the boys arrive, eager to choose a bride. freida must fight for her future - even if it means betraying the only friend, the only love, she has ever known...
Freida and Isabel have been best friends their whole lives. Now, aged sixteen and in their final year at the School, they expect to be selected as companions - wives to wealthy and powerful men. The alternative - life as a concubine - is too horrible to contemplate. But as the intensity of the final year takes hold, the pressure to be perfect mounts. Isabel starts to self-destruct, putting her beauty - her only asset - in peril. And then into this sealed female environment, the boys arrive, eager to choose a bride. Freida must fight for her future - even if it means betraying the only friend, the only love, she has ever known...
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