| Only Ever Yours Contributor(s): O'Neill, Louise (Author) |
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ISBN: 1784294004 ISBN-13: 9781784294007 Publisher: Quercus Books OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Physical & Emotional Abuse (see Also Social Themes - Sexual |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2023287502 |
| Lexile Measure: 780 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.3" W x 7.7" (0.83 lbs) 416 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Where women are created for the pleasure of men, beauty is the first duty of every girl. In Louise O'Neill's world of Only Every Yours women are no longer born naturally, girls (called eves) are raised in Schools and trained in the arts of pleasing men until they come of age. freida and isabel are best friends. Now, aged sixteen and in their final year, they expect to be selected as companions--wives to powerful men. All they have to do is ensure they stay in the top ten beautiful girls in their year. The alternatives--life as a concubine, or a chastity (teaching endless generations of girls)--are too horrible to contemplate. But as the intensity of 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. |