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Don't Let it Break You, Honey

A Memoir About Saving Yourself
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'Not simply a memoir. It is an indictment of failure at the highest levels of police, press and politics.' Tom Watson 'Intensely personal ... turning fear into bravery and pain into power.' Cosmopolitan 'A powerful memoir ... the astonishing story of her fight for justice.' Guardian... Read More
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A deeply personal memoir of recovery and strength in the aftermath of assault - and the fight to expose the systems that fail us.

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'Not simply a memoir. It is an indictment of failure at the highest levels of police, press and politics.' Tom Watson 'Intensely personal ... turning fear into bravery and pain into power.' Cosmopolitan 'A powerful memoir ... the astonishing story of her fight for justice.' Guardian 'Stunning ... an extraordinary read, full of unimaginable courage and resilience ... wisdom, humility and humour.' Julie Hesmondhalgh 'Deeply human, captivating, exposing and honest ... a must-read.' Gina Martin 'There is deep tragedy here ... But this book is saved from bleakness by Evans's resilience and her practical, geekily obsessive approach to dealing with what happened to her.' Hannah Lucinda Smith As profiled in the Guardian and on Radio 4 Woman's Hour

Cast in a cult film at the age of eighteen, Jenny Evans was on the cusp of something extraordinary; a route out of her hometown, a future of promise. But the new world she was exploring crumbled around her when she was assaulted at a party by a high-profile figure.

Jenny reported this crime to the police when she became aware of other allegations of violence against The Famous Man. Shortly after doing so, details of what she had experienced were printed in a tabloid newspaper.

Jenny trained as a journalist herself to try to find out how this happened. In the aftermath of devastation, she picked up the pieces and fought back against the systems that caused her harm. Her investigation helped expose the jaw-dropping press abuse and police corruption we now call the 'phone-hacking scandal'.

Now training as a lawyer, Jenny is still working to fight for justice in a system that so horrifically fails its victims.

Don't Let it Break You, Honey is a reckoning: a personal, fiercely compelling account of power - who holds it, who wields it, who is silenced in the process. It asks urgent questions about fame, justice, and the institutions we have no choice but to trust, while offering something even more profound: hope.

Because this is, above all, a story about resilience. About finding your voice when the world wants to silence you. And refusing to let them win.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781472148995

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 03 July 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Robinson

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 32.0mm

Width: 154.0mm

Height: 236.0mm

Weight: 511g

Pages: 320

About the Author

Jenny Evans is an investigative journalist and filmmaker. She has produced and directed for all major documentary and current affairs strands in the UK, and many worldwide. Inspired by the work of the lawyers she met during the investigation described in Don't Let it Break You, Honey, Jenny has begun to train in law herself, completing the LPC/LLM in November 2024. Don't Let it Break You, Honey is her first book.

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