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Home / Self Care / It’s not OK to feel blue and other lies

It’s not OK to feel blue and other lies

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Last year, Scarlett Curtis and 52 inspirational women wrote an extraordinary anthology on what feminism means to them. The book went on to be a cultural phenomenon and turned the world pink. This year, it’s blue. We are living in the middle of a mental health epidemic and we have a choice – we can be floored by it – or we can start to make a difference. Here are the extraordinary people making that difference – a collection of words from those who have suffered through the worst, and know what it’s like to fight to feel better.

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SKU: 9780241418383 Category: Self Care Tags: Anthologies (Children's / Teenage), Assertiveness, motivation & self-esteem, Coping with anxiety & phobias, Coping with stress, Men's health, Mind, Body, Spirit: thought & practice, Personal & social issues: body & health (Children's / Teenage), Personal & social issues: self-awareness & self-esteem (Children's / Teenage)
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‘This is the freshest, most honest collection of writings about mental health that I’ve read…searing wit, blinding passion, bleeding emotion and a fantastic, heroic, glorious refusal to lie down and take it’ – Stephen Fry

‘Reading this book made me feel more normal about the things I feel sometimes…It’s a great book; however you’re feeling, it’ll help’ – Ed Sheeran

‘This is the book I needed when I was little. May this be a leap forward in the much needed conversation around mental health’ – Jameela Jamil

Everyone has a mental health. So we asked:

What does yours mean to you?

THE RESULT IS EXTRAORDINARY.

Over 60 people have shared their stories. Powerful, funny, moving, this book is here to tell you:

It’s OK.

With writing from:

Adam Kay – Alastair Campbell – Alexis Caught – Ben Platt – Bryony Gordon – Candice Carty-Williams – Charlie Mackesy – Charly Cox – Chidera Eggerue – Claire Stancliffe – Davina McCall – Dawn O’Porter – Elizabeth Day – Elizabeth Uviebinené – Ella Purnell – Emilia Clarke – Emma Thompson – Eve Delaney – Fearne Cotton – Gabby Edlin – Gemma Styles – GIRLI (Milly Toomey) – Grace Beverley – Hannah Witton – Honey Ross – Hussain Manawer – Jack Rooke – James Blake – Jamie Flook – Jamie Windust – Jessie Cave – Jo Irwin – Jonah Freud – Jonny Benjamin – Jordan Stephens – Kai-Isaiah Jamal – Kate Weinberg – Kelechi Okafor – Khalil Aldabbas – KUCHENGA – Lauren Mahon – Lena Dunham – Maggie Matic – Martha Lane Fox – Mathew Kollamkulam – Matt Haig – Megan Crabbe – Michael Kitching – Michelle Elman – Miranda Hart – Mitch Price – Mona Chalabi – Montana Brown – Nadia Craddock – Naomi Campbell – Poorna Bell – Poppy Jamie – Reggie Yates – Ripley Parker – Robert Kazandjian – Rosa Mercuriadis – Saba Asif – Sam Smith – Scarlett Curtis – Scarlett Moffatt – Scottee – Sharon Chalkin Feldstein – Shonagh Marie – Simon Amstell – Steve Ali – Tanya Byron – Travon Free – Yomi Adegoke – Yusuf Al Majarhi

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Weight 0.394 kg
Dimensions 19.8 × 12.9 × 3.4 cm
Author

Curtis, Scarlett

Publisher

Penguin Books

Imprint

Penguin Books

Cover

Paperback

Pages

xiii, 553

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

152.4 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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