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SUMMARY:Ferrum Community Book Club - "Nobody’s Girl" by Virginia Roberts Guiffre
DESCRIPTION:The Ferrum Book Club meets every month except December on the third Monday of the month at 6 p.m. All are welcome to join for any or all discussions. \nNov.  16    Nobody’s Girl by Virginia Roberts Guiffre \nLocation: Britt Hall 204\, Ferrum Mountain Road\, Ferrum\, VA 24088\n(Turn left into 3rd driveway from Rt. 40 on Ferrum Mountain Road to park behind Britt Hall.)\nIf anyone has mobility issues\, the group can meet downstairs\, not far from a ground-floor door and handicapped parking spots. Just let someone know. \nInformation from the publisher\, Penguin Random House:  \n#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The unforgettable memoir by the late Virginia Roberts Giuffre\, the woman who dared to take on Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell \n“Make no mistake: this is a book about power\, corruption\, industrial-scale sex abuse and the way in which institutions sided with the perpetrator over his victims. . . . But it is also a book about how a young woman becomes a hero. . . . Important [and] courageous.” —The Guardian \nThe world knows Virginia Roberts Giuffre as Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s most outspoken victim: the woman whose decision to speak out helped send both serial abusers to prison\, whose photograph with Prince Andrew catalyzed his fall from grace. But her story has never been told in full\, in her own words—until now. \nIn 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. Nobody’s Girl is the riveting and powerful story of an ordinary girl who would grow up to confront extraordinary adversity. \nHere\, Giuffre offers an unsparing and definitive account of her time with Epstein and Maxwell\, who trafficked her and others to numerous prominent men. She also details the molestation she suffered as a child\, as well as her daring escape from Epstein and Maxwell’s grasp at nineteen. Giuffre remade her life from scratch and summoned the courage to not only hold her abusers to account but also advocate for other victims. The pages of Nobody’s Girl preserve her voice—and her legacy—forever. \nNobody’s Girl is an astonishing affirmation of Giuffre’s unshakable will—first\, to claw her way out of victimhood\, and then to shine light on wrongdoing and fight for a safer\, fairer world. Equal parts intimate and fierce\, it is a remarkable narrative of fortitude in the face of depravity and despair. \nBook list for 2027 will be reviewed at the November meeting. \nNo meeting in December.
URL:https://www.ferrum.edu/event/ferrum-community-book-club-nobodys-girl-by-virginia-roberts-guiffre/
LOCATION:Britt Hall\, 205 Ferrum Mountain Road\, Ferrum\, 24088\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Literary Event,Staff and Faculty,Students
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lana Whited":MAILTO:lwhited@ferrum.edu
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