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BumRushDaShow

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Wed Dec 17, 2025, 09:15 AM Dec 17

Virginia Roberts Giuffre: Epstein accuser's memoir sells 1m copies in two months

Source: The Guardian/AP

Tue 16 Dec 2025 21.14 EST
Last modified on Tue 16 Dec 2025 21.17 EST


A posthumous memoir by one of Jeffrey Epstein’s best-known accusers, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, has sold 1m copies worldwide in just the two months after its release.

Publisher Alfred A Knopf announced on Tuesday that more than half the sales for Nobody’s Girl came out of North America; in the US, the book is now in its 10th printing after an initial run of 70,000 copies. Giuffre’s book, co-written by author-journalist Amy Wallace, was published in early October.

The memoir helped revive criticism of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly a British prince, whom Giuffre alleged had sex with her when she was 17. And it heightened demands that the Justice Department release its files on Epstein, who killed himself in prison in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. Giuffre died by suicide in April at age 41.

“This is a bittersweet moment for us,” Giuffre’s family, including siblings Sky Roberts and Danny Wilson, said in a statement. “We are enormously proud of our sister, and the impact she continues to have on the world. We’re also filled with so much sorrow that she couldn’t be here to witness the impact of her words. In her absence, our family remains committed to ensuring her voice is everlasting.”

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/dec/17/virginia-roberts-giuffre-epstein-accusers-memoir-sells-1-million-copies-in-two-months

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Virginia Roberts Giuffre: Epstein accuser's memoir sells 1m copies in two months (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Dec 17 OP
The e-book version is probably selling much better than the hard copy version FakeNoose Dec 17 #1
That might be your experience but... llmart Dec 17 #5
Good fast read. Read it and pass it forward. Clouds Passing Dec 17 #2
I bought two copies and donated one to my library. llmart Dec 17 #6
Our group has a read it and book forward Clouds Passing Dec 17 #9
I want to read it but haven't. LittleGirl Dec 17 #3
I'm so sorry that happened to you. yardwork Dec 17 #7
Thank you. nt LittleGirl Dec 17 #8
Absolutely excellent book Wild blueberry Dec 17 #4
Reading it now IzzaNuDay Dec 18 #10

FakeNoose

(40,155 posts)
1. The e-book version is probably selling much better than the hard copy version
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 09:21 AM
Dec 17

I'm sure that's true for most "bestsellers" these days. I read a LOT and I haven't purchased a hard copy book for myself in over 10 years. Occasionally I'll buy one as a gift for my sister or another close family member. Even when I borrow from the public library, it's amost aways a digital e-book.

llmart

(17,314 posts)
5. That might be your experience but...
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 12:57 PM
Dec 17

I use the public library and volunteer there and have also been in Barnes and Noble quite often when the place is doing well. My library has six copies of her book and the wait list is quite long. Many of us older people still like to hold a physical book in our hands. I don't buy books because of where I volunteer, but I do buy them for gifts and I do check them out from the library. IThe same goes for my two sisters. I'm an avid reader also.

Wild blueberry

(8,129 posts)
4. Absolutely excellent book
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 12:16 PM
Dec 17

Clear and unsparing. I'm halfway through. Yes, it's a tough read but so was her life.
Very brave woman.
Thank you, Virginia Roberts Giuffre. And here's to all the survivors!

IzzaNuDay

(1,234 posts)
10. Reading it now
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 02:49 PM
Dec 18

It’s a difficult read. Borrowed it from the library ebook web. Some days I had to stop reading, because sections were awful. But I intend to finish it today.

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