I wrote it because I felt intrinsically ashamed of the parts of myself that made me female. In an interview Louise gave to the Guardian children’s books site about feminism and Only Ever Yours, she said: “I wrote it because I felt tired. Drawing parallels with a sort of Mean Girls of the future where beauty is the top of the class system, this sometimes harrowing tale is also completely gripping and it's frightening to see quite how horrible girls can be to each other when beauty is the most important accolade to hold. In a dystopian future women are created to 'perfection' for the pleasure of men for beauty in this world is the first duty of every girl.

Winner of The Bookseller Young Adult Book Prize 2015 - Shortlisted for the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize Best Fiction for Teens Award 2015

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Only Ever Yours by Louise O'Neill