No Filters
a mother and teenage daughter love story
Published on 16. January 2025
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-1-78474-459-5 (ISBN)
Description
'Fascinating... a much needed conversation between generations' THE TIMES
How can we communicate when things are so painful? How can we connect when generational differences are extreme? How do parents and teenagers - and all of us - have real conversations?
When Rowan was sixteen, she only tolerated communication from her mother in the form of Snapchat. Desperate to be closer to her daughter, Christie sent daily selfies of her face superimposed onto a chicken nugget. It took serious illness for them to finally talk - and truly listen.
Rowan's mental health struggles revealed the chasm between their generations. They started being more honest with each other than they had ever been before: discussing identity, race, gender and neurodivergence; opening up about disordered eating and self-harm; navigating the perils of social media.
In an age of polarisation, this is how a mother and daughter find humour in the things that divide them and become more hopeful about the future of our world.
A book for all parents and teenagers going through a tough time, for friends, grandparents, teachers and healthcare professionals who want to help, its bare honesty will have you laughing - and possibly crying - out loud as it shows that you are not alone.
'I loved this book and I know it will help many families during difficult times' JULIA SAMUEL
'Incredibly brave, generous and important' CLOVER STROUD
'It made me cry, laugh and hug my daughter extra tightly' BRYONY GORDON
How can we communicate when things are so painful? How can we connect when generational differences are extreme? How do parents and teenagers - and all of us - have real conversations?
When Rowan was sixteen, she only tolerated communication from her mother in the form of Snapchat. Desperate to be closer to her daughter, Christie sent daily selfies of her face superimposed onto a chicken nugget. It took serious illness for them to finally talk - and truly listen.
Rowan's mental health struggles revealed the chasm between their generations. They started being more honest with each other than they had ever been before: discussing identity, race, gender and neurodivergence; opening up about disordered eating and self-harm; navigating the perils of social media.
In an age of polarisation, this is how a mother and daughter find humour in the things that divide them and become more hopeful about the future of our world.
A book for all parents and teenagers going through a tough time, for friends, grandparents, teachers and healthcare professionals who want to help, its bare honesty will have you laughing - and possibly crying - out loud as it shows that you are not alone.
'I loved this book and I know it will help many families during difficult times' JULIA SAMUEL
'Incredibly brave, generous and important' CLOVER STROUD
'It made me cry, laugh and hug my daughter extra tightly' BRYONY GORDON
Reviews / Votes
No Filters takes on all those thorny subjects on which young, middle-aged and older people cannot always see eye to eye - race, sexuality, gender, class, politics, climate change... A much-needed conversation between generations -- Suzanne O'Sullivan * The Times * I devoured this joint memoir... it is a warm and brave look at some of the mental health pressures our teenagers are dealing with -- Alice O'Keeffe * The Times * [An] unflinching memoir * Observer * Strikingly honest... an eye-opening account of the mental health crisis gripping young people * Daily Mail * An insightful, if tough, read... This engaging book sheds light on the boggling number of mental health issues faced by today's teenagers -- Katharine Spurrier and James Carey-Douglas * MAIL ON SUNDAY **SUMMER READS** * I loved this book and I know it will help many families during difficult times. No Filters is psychologically astute, totally honest, and beautifully written -- JULIA SAMUEL No Filters is about what it means to be a teenage girl and what it means to parent them. It made me cry, laugh and hug my daughter extra tightly -- BRYONY GORDON An incredibly brave, generous and important book, which challenged my thinking about parenting, yet also consoled me and made me feel less alone. Parents everywhere will be pressing it into one another's hands -- CLOVER STROUD Full of compassion, honesty, insight and hope... This is a small book full of heart that will help parents and their teenagers understand the need for patience and empathy in a world that seems determined to divide us from each other, even from those we were born to love -- DEREK OWUSU Compassionate, honest, insightful and in places absolutely hilarious -- MARK HADDONMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 133 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
264 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78474-459-5 (9781784744595)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
approx. 08/2026
Vintage
€16.50
Not yet published
E-Book
01/2025
Vintage Digital
€14.99
Available for download
Persons
Christie Watson (Author)
Christie Watson is Professor of Medical Humanities at UEA and worked as an NHS nurse for over twenty years. She has written seven books, including her first novel Tiny Sunbirds Far Away, which won the Costa First Novel Award, and memoir, The Language of Kindness which was a number one Sunday Times bestseller. Christie is a contributor to The Times, Sunday Times, Guardian, Daily Telegraph and TEDx, and her work has been translated into 23 languages and adapted for theatre.
Rowan Egberongbe (Author)
Rowan Egberongbe wrote this book between the ages of sixteen and eighteen. She is now studying Classics at university and spent the summer volunteering in Borneo.
Christie Watson is Professor of Medical Humanities at UEA and worked as an NHS nurse for over twenty years. She has written seven books, including her first novel Tiny Sunbirds Far Away, which won the Costa First Novel Award, and memoir, The Language of Kindness which was a number one Sunday Times bestseller. Christie is a contributor to The Times, Sunday Times, Guardian, Daily Telegraph and TEDx, and her work has been translated into 23 languages and adapted for theatre.
Rowan Egberongbe (Author)
Rowan Egberongbe wrote this book between the ages of sixteen and eighteen. She is now studying Classics at university and spent the summer volunteering in Borneo.