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Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir named book of the year at British Book Awards

The Independent·Carla Feric·21 days ago
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Virginia Giuffre ’s powerful posthumous memoir has been named Book of the Year at the British Book Awards . Her book, Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir Of Surviving Abuse And Fighting For Justice , also secured the non-fiction narrative book of the year prize at a London ceremony on Monday. Ms Giuffre, who died by suicide last year aged 41, was a prominent accuser of paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein , convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell , and former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor . The widely praised memoir offers a detailed account of her alleged trafficking by Epstein and Maxwell, and includes allegations against powerful men such as Mountbatten-Windsor. The win is said to “remind us of the power of books to uphold an author’s legacy”, in light of the revelations of the Epstein files – the US Department of Justice’s document dump relating to the convicted sex offender.…

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