Nobody's Girl : A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice

In this hugely courageous and devastating posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre recounts the traumatising serial abuse she and many other young women suffered at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and their associates, as well as her fight for justice and how she reclaimed her voice.

The extraordinarily powerful memoir by the late Virginia Roberts Giuffre, the inspirational woman who stood up and spoke out about serial abusers Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

This is the memoir behind the headlines: intimate, fierce, unforgettable.

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 catalysed 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.

Giuffre’s story 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.

MEDIA REVIEWS

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 - Emma Brockes, Guardian

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. - Sam Baker, The Shift

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. - Micha Frazer-Carroll, Independent

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. - Stephanie Merritt, Observer

Takes us into unimaginable realms of human suffering ...devastating. - Sarah Ditum, The Times

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. - Rachel Cunliffe, New Statesman