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Book review: Gold Rush focuses on sexual assault trauma and celebrity culture

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Author Olivia Petter is a London-based journalist and wrote an article in 2024 about being raped after she had blacked out following a night of drinking.

Author Olivia Petter is a London-based journalist and wrote an article in 2024 about being raped after she had blacked out following a night of drinking.

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By Olivia Petter
Fiction/4th Estate/Hardcover/371 pages/$32.65

Rose, the 20something protagonist of Gold Rush, plans parties and rubs shoulders with the rich and famous as part of her press relations job for a magazine.

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