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Emma O'Donovan is 18, beautiful, and fearless. It's the beginning of summer in a quiet Irish town and, tonight, she and her friends have dressed to impress. Everyone is at the party, and all eyes are on Emma. The next morning, Emma's parents discover her collapsed on the doorstop of their home, unconscious. She is disheveled, bleeding, and disoriented, looking as if she had been dumped there. To her distress, Emma can't remember what happened the night before.

Deep beneath the sea, off the cold Irish coast, Gaia is a young mermaid who dreams of freedom from her controlling father. On her first swim to the surface, she is drawn towards a human boy. She longs to join his carefree world, but how much will she have to sacrifice? What will it take for the little mermaid to find her voice? Hans Christian Andersen's original fairy tale is reimagined through a searing feminist lens, with the stunning, scalpel-sharp writing and world building that has won Louise her legions of devoted fans.

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 16 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 10 beautiful girls in their year.

When Sarah falls for Matthew, she falls hard. So it doesn't matter that he's 20 years older. That he sees her only in secret. That slowly but surely, she's sacrificing everything else in her life to be with him. Sarah's friends are worried. Her father can't understand how she could allow herself to be used like this. And she's on the verge of losing her job. But Sarah can't help it. She is addicted to being desired by Matthew. And love is supposed to hurt. Isn't it?

¿Crees que conoces la historia de "La sirenita"? Tal vez deberías pensarlo mejor.... En el fondo del mar, a cierta distancia de la fría costa irlandesa, vive Gaia, una joven sirena que sueña con liberarse de un padre autoritario. La primera vez que sube a la superficie se siente atraída por un chico humano y anhela unirse a su mundo sin preocupaciones, pero ¿cuánto tendrá que sacrificar?

¿Crees que conoces la historia de La sirenita? Tal vez deberías pensarlo mejor.... En el fondo del mar, a cierta distancia de la fría costa irlandesa, vive Gaia, una joven sirena que sueña con liberarse de un padre autoritario. La primera vez que sube a la superficie se siente atraída por un chico humano y anhela unirse a su mundo sin preocupaciones, pero ¿cuánto tendrá que sacrificar? ¿Qué deberá hacer la sirenita para encontrar su voz? Un audiolibro con trasfondos profundamente sombríos, lleno de rabia y gritos de arenga: una narración extraordinaria.

Louise O’Neills prisvindende bestsellerroman 'Skabt for dig' er en dystopisk-feministisk fortælling om en verden, hvor kvinder betragtes som genstande, der oplæres, eller snarere opdrættes, med det ene formål at kunne tjene og tilfredsstille mænd bedst muligt. "Evaer er designet, ikke født. Skolen oplærer dem til at være perfekte: smukke, gode og Altid Villige. Og til ikke at tænke for meget. Det bryder ingen mænd sig om."