We Need to Talk: The Truth about Sexual Violence and My Fight for Justice

Emily Hunt's book "We Need To Talk About Rape" is a powerful rallying call for change, exposing a criminal justice system that fails women and a culture that enables violence against them. It is a memoir and investigation into how rape is a mainstream, everyday problem that deeply damages victims, their families, their workplaces, and the economy.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 272 pages
Publication date: 02 February 2023
Publisher: Ad Lib Publishers Ltd

As inspiring as it is infuriating, Emily Hunt transforms trauma into action, unveiling a criminal justice system that fails women and a culture that perpetuates violence against us. A rallying cry for change and a powerful lesson in perseverance from a woman who refused to give up.

The Guardian

Emily was enjoying a meal with her father in a restaurant when, the next thing she remembers, she woke up naked in a strange hotel room, next to a man she did not know. She suspected that she had been drugged, raped, and later discovered that she had been filmed without her consent.

What happened to her that night could have happened to anyone. What followed was a travesty for far too many victims, as failures by the police, CPS, and other parts of the system led Emily to doubt that she would ever find justice.

Six years after her attack, Emily serves as an adviser to the UK Government on sexual violence. Part memoir and part investigation, We Need to Talk delves into how rape is a prevalent, everyday problem that causes immense harm to victims, their families, their workplaces, and the economy.

This is a conversation starter about why we don't talk about rape; that the only cause of rape is rapists, not rape victims; who commits rape and why; the reasons why society defaults to blaming the victim; and ultimately how we need to change and humanize the way we talk about rape to truly hear and support victims and end the current epidemic of sexual violence.

Weight: 216g
Dimension: 197 x 131 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781914451157