The Girl : A Life in the Shadow of Roman Polanski

'Samantha Geimer, the girl in the Roman Polanski rape case, has published what might be the most important and valuable book of the century so far' -- Observer

'In 1977, film director Roman Polanski had 'unlawful sex' with 13-year-old Samantha Geimer, an event that has overshadowed their lives ever since. So why would he email her now? ' -- Emma Brockes, The Guardian

'The way Samantha Geimer tells it in her book, The Girl, the real abuse she suffered was not at the hands of the Polish director Roman Polanski, but the life sentence imposed on her by the world's media as the victim of a ''celebrity crime''... She is admirably honest about her misadventures with drugs, nude pictures and a teen pregnancy' --Daisy Goodwin, The Sunday Times