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Finished 3 memoirs this week. Each well written. I am broken hearted that Virginia didn‘t live to see her book published and the impact it is making. All of those girls and women deserve justice and peace. I wish I believed they would get those things.

I finished 12 books this month, 6 nonfiction of which 5 were memoirs and 1 WWII history. I feel like I am gaining some reading momentum finally.

Despite the incredibly tough subject, this is one heck of a memoir. It‘s so well-written and takes into account moments when readers are going to struggle to keep going, and addresses it, and redirects so you can keep reading this story of such an awfully tragic life. One hundred percent essential reading.

Tough but necessary read.

Kiddo had a ballet performance at the library today, so I scrambled to finish this and return it while we were there. I did rush through the end, but I don‘t think I could devote much more to Giuffre‘s story; it was heartbreaking and infuriating and just so hard to read. I went into it thinking she wasn‘t likely suicidal, but by the end…I can see it. I hope her kids have a good life in her honor and their own right.

I wish she had made it to see the impact of her words. The fall of Andrew and the release of the files. I understand why she couldn't be here. The anguish she did survive is incredible. I hope her children find some comfort in the justice she fought so hard to get.
She was beyond brave.

It feels like a duty, like every American should read this memoir.

to think I would finish it today.The survivors PSA ,the survivors news conference,the vote.What a difficult & necessary read.Virginia needed to tell her side of the story,I‘m sure she felt its power, but also felt so much darkness remembering so much trauma.That rich & powerful people count on exploiting the young &
vulnerable ,with a sneer say who will they believe ,me or you ? I see her brother standing in her place , making sure she is heard .

Virginia Roberts Giuffre is the girl in photo with Prince Andrew (or just Andrew now??) seen round the world. I knew her story well, as it connects to filthy Epstein and his lowdown associates. I was less familiar with her life before and after and the abuse she suffered as a child. Her memoir begins there, calling out men in her life, then the horrible Epstein years and finally afterwards when she built a family and life in Australia. Timely.

I devoured this timely memoir. To learn about how Epstein‘s trafficking worked brings so much more perspective to this week‘s news. I saw a lot of similarities between him and Hugh Hefner after reading Crystal Hefner‘s memoir. I despise how these wealthy men prey on girls. What Virginia went through is horrible, I‘m sad for her and how her life played out but I‘m also so grateful for the work she did to bring light to these crimes.

Please note: Virginia Robert Guiffre's book“Nobody's Girl“ does not exonerate any of Epstein's associates, including a certain president (who she first met while working at Mar-a-Lago where she also met Ghislaine Maxwell). #SheSaid #NonfictionNovember

In Chapter 38, she actually wrote: “There are other men whom I was trafficked to who have threatened me in another way: by asserting that they will use litigation to bankrupt me. . .

I finished this book last night which made today‘s headlines even more of a jolt. It took time to read this because even though I thought I had a handle on Virginia‘s story , I didn‘t. The abuse she suffered throughout her life was difficult enough to read about, I cannot imagine how she survived it all. I want the files released and truth exposed but there is no punishment big enough to qualify as justice for what was done to these girls.

I feel compelled to read this.

From discussion I've seen I understand even going in thinking you have awareness, it is still a shocking and harrowing memoir.

My public library has not ordered this yet, but the college library I‘m temping at just put this on their shelves. I immediately grabbed it. Now to find time to read it…

An important and timely read - devastating that she‘s no longer here to see the impact this book will have and to see the tide finally turn on a certain British royal.

She mentions being at the Louvre and being particularly moved by this sculpture, The Winged Victory of Samothrace (or Niké of Samothrace) and buying a smaller version from the gift shop for her study - a small moment of joy amongst a sea of pretty harrowing depositions.

After an FBI call warning her of a credible death threat, Virginia told her doctors and wrote this on social media as a record for all to see. It makes the “suicide” ruling on her death last spring hard to believe. #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

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😭 Virginia‘s warmth shines through in asides like this… Didn‘t know that Virginia and her father actually worked at Mar-a-lago. It‘s where she met G. Maxwell

A courageous and brilliant woman. Obviously a tough read, but she sheds light on the experiences and perspective‘s of people who have gone through this much trauma. I think she has helped even more people just by relaying that she used music and animals to cope at times, and the words that hit her the hardest. She fought hard, and I hope she still wins more battles in death.

Only one of my libraries ordered it, but my hold just came in. It‘s going to be a tough read.

My God. This poor girl. I do pray she is finally free. That she finally has relief from the horrors of her early life. The things people can do to one another—to the most vulnerable among us—never ceases to shock, horrify and amaze me.

Finally, seeing a little autumn color here in our corner of California! 😍🍂🍁#BeautyBreak

Starting Nobody‘s Girl (Epstein victim memoir) on audiobook. Only 4 chapters in and this is going to be a tough one! Feels important though, like bearing witness 😢