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Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
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Key Figures
Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of child abuse, child sexual abuse, sexual violence, emotional abuse, physical abuse, death by suicide, gender discrimination, addiction, and substance use.
Virginia Roberts Giuffre
Virginia Roberts Giuffre is the author and first-person narrator of Nobody’s Girl. The choice to write from her own perspective is not merely a genre convention; rather, it reflects Giuffre’s efforts to claim her story for her own. Her voice as a narrator is confessional, authentic, and often raw as she details the harrowing sexual abuse that she experienced, survived, and tirelessly sought to overcome throughout her life.
In the public eye, Giuffre is best known for her activist work raising awareness of sexual abuse, misogyny, and sexual violence—particularly in connection with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Throughout the latter half of her life, she devoted her energy to telling her story and speaking out against her alleged abusers—from her father, Sky, to powerful figures like Epstein, Maxwell, and the former Prince Andrew.
However, Nobody’s Girl offers insight into Giuffre as a person, rather than as the face of a social justice movement. Amy Wallace’s Collaborator’s Note, for example, describes Giuffre as a devoted mother, a loving friend, and a “fierce and determined” woman (xiv). Wallace also remarks on Giuffre’s devotion to truth, including the truth about herself: “[S]he wanted to be portrayed authentically, with all her flaws.
