Virginia Roberts Giuffre

One of the best books of 2025: This may well be the most seismic book of the year.

A heartbreaking book but a really important read.

One of the best biographies of 2025: A sobering, compelling account of a woman who was determined to reclaim her story.

Nobody’s Girl is both devastating and uplifting. It tells the story of how easily a life can be snapped in half by powerful abusers - and the enormous pain it takes to rebuild a broken human soul . But it’s also a tale of justice , what can be achieved when a woman refuses to be silenced, refuses to be blamed. And is willing to call out the complicity of evil around us. 
 Virginia’s voice soars throughout this memoir - fearless and frank - angry and empowering. It speaks to the thousands of other victims out there about how to start fighting back.

Emily Maitlis, journalist, broadcaster, author

This astonishing book left me reaching for breath …it is impossible to forget the glare of Virginia Giuffre’s headlight exposure of an iniquitous abuse system that can exist and destroy within plain sight. And it is impossible to ignore the urgency of Giuffre’s rallying cry to us all to unsilence the secret code of self-protection wielded by the powerful, the rich and the regal.

Juliet Nicolson, author of The Book of Revelation

A devastating exposé of power, corruption and abuse ... lays bare the life-wrecking impact of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes – but it is also the story of how a young woman becomes a hero ... important, courageous, tragically posthumous

The most important (but, honestly, the most traumatic) book I’ve read all year. As painful as this book is to read, please, please do.

Startling ... It feels somewhat like a chance to testify both on the shocking events that shaped her life and the struggles she faced before death ... Nobody's Girl demands that we read with caution, discretion and sensitivity.

By retelling from her own perspective, the salacious details of what became tabloid headlines ... Instead she shows the reader the stark truth of who she was then ... It is a personal triumph that she chose to speak up and a tragedy that doing so came at such cost.

Takes us into unimaginable realms of human suffering ...devastating.

Nobody’s Girl is not just a memoir – it’s a template for how difficult it is for victims who have been abused once to escape the cycle.

A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice

‘If books can shape history, this is one.’ DAILY MAIL 
 
‘Both devastating and uplifting … fearless and frank - angry and empowering. It speaks to the thousands of other victims out there about how to start fighting back.’ EMILY MAITLISDaughter. Prisoner. Survivor. Warrior. Nobody’s Girl ... This is Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s last word. 
 
In 2011, Virginia Roberts Giuffre hit the headlines as Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s most outspoken victim: the woman whose decision to speak out helped send both serial abusers to prison and whose photograph with Prince Andrew catalyzed his fall from grace. But first and foremost, she became known as a voice of courage and resilience for women everywhere. This is her story, in her own words. A story that has never been told in full before now. It demonstrates with extraordinary power that victims are made, not born. And that once you come to truly understand the horrifying impact of abuse, you will never again question why a victim stays, or returns over and over again. 
 
In April 2025, Giuffre took her own life. She left behind a memoir written in the years preceding her death and stated unequivocally that she wanted it published. This is the powerful story of an ordinary girl who would grow up to confront adversity and trauma of the darkest form, yet found the strength to move forwards, reclaim her voice and shine a light on evil – advocating for others and fighting for a safer, fairer world. 
 
Nobody’s Girl is a remarkable recounting of one woman’s fortitude in the face of depravity and despair, and the legacy she leaves behind. 
 
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Virginia Roberts Giuffre

Praise for Nobody's Girl

One of the best books of 2025: This may well be the most seismic book of the year.

A heartbreaking book but a really important read.

One of the best biographies of 2025: A sobering, compelling account of a woman who was determined to reclaim her story.

One of the best books of 2025: This may well be the most seismic book of the year.

A heartbreaking book but a really important read.

One of the best biographies of 2025: A sobering, compelling account of a woman who was determined to reclaim her story.

One of the best books of 2025: This may well be the most seismic book of the year.

A heartbreaking book but a really important read.

One of the best biographies of 2025: A sobering, compelling account of a woman who was determined to reclaim her story.

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