Surviving family of Giuffre had nervous that “Nobody’s Girl” introduced an outdated and unduly constructive portrait of her marriage, which collapsed within the months resulting in her demise by suicide in April.
“We worked with Virginia’s brothers and their wives to contextualize the narrative Virginia’s memoir presents, and we appreciate their support of this publication,” Knopf’s writer and editor-in-chief, Jordan Pavlin, mentioned in an announcement Wednesday to The Related Press.
“We all believe that Virginia’s voice must be heard, and that her courage in telling her story has the power to offer strength and hope to victims of sexual abuse. ‘Nobody’s Girl’ is a testament to Virginia’s dignity and fortitude in the face of Jeffrey Epstein’s and Ghislaine Maxwell’s monstrous cruelty. Its impact will be profound.”
In an interview that aired Wednesday evening, Giuffre’s sister-in-law, Amanda Roberts, confirmed to MSNBC’s Jen Psaki that the 2 sides had resolved their variations.
Final month, Alfred A. Knopf introduced that “Nobody’s Girl” would come out Oct. 21 and known as it a “riveting and powerful story of an ordinary girl who would grow up to confront extraordinary adversity.” Relations quickly issued an announcement saying that “Nobody’s Girl,” which reportedly presents her marriage to Robert Giuffre as a part of her therapeutic course of, “will undermine Virginia’s credibility as someone who consistently told the truth in her pursuit of justice and accountability.”
The ultimate version, which Knopf has despatched to the printers, features a foreword that outlines the modifications in Giuffre’s life for the reason that manuscript was accomplished within the fall of 2024. Knopf and her household had spent months engaged on the language for the foreword, written by Giuffre’s collaborator, the writer and journalist, Amy Wallace. Knopf declined to remark additional on the foreword’s contents.
Giuffre initially signed in 2023 with Penguin Press, in what Knopf spokesman Todd Doughty mentioned just lately was a seven-figure deal. She moved from Penguin to Knopf alongside together with her buying editor, Emily Cunningham, who joined Knopf final yr. Each Knopf and Penguin are a part of Penguin Random Home.
Doughty has confirmed that “Nobody’s Girl” mentions Trump, who as soon as employed Virginia Giuffre at his personal Mar-a-Lago membership in Florida, however added that he’s not accused of any wrongdoing. The writer has in any other case declined to supply specifics on anybody else named.
Giuffre had contended she was caught up in Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring within the 2000s and was exploited by Britain’s Prince Andrew and different influential males. Epstein was discovered lifeless in a New York Metropolis jail cell in 2019 in what investigators described as a suicide. His former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, was convicted in late 2021 on intercourse trafficking and different prices.
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