Nobody Asked For This
Published on 2. February 2023
112 pages
978-0-00-859186-1 (ISBN)
Description
A beautiful poetry collection bringing together the collected works of bestselling poet Charly Cox for the very first time with new and exclusive material.
Nobody asked for this
Whatever this is
Nobody asked for this
Charly Cox lays bare the last decade of her life.
In this anthology of poetry, combining her bestselling collections She Must Be Mad and Validate Me, and with 70 new poems and handwritten annotations, she paints a complex picture of the formative experiences of womanhood and living with Bipolar II disorder.
From first loves, to lost loves, to the dark humour of mental illness, Nobody Asked For This is an intimate and unflinchingly honest exploration of growing up in the 21st century.
Nobody asked for this
Whatever this is
Nobody asked for this
Charly Cox lays bare the last decade of her life.
In this anthology of poetry, combining her bestselling collections She Must Be Mad and Validate Me, and with 70 new poems and handwritten annotations, she paints a complex picture of the formative experiences of womanhood and living with Bipolar II disorder.
From first loves, to lost loves, to the dark humour of mental illness, Nobody Asked For This is an intimate and unflinchingly honest exploration of growing up in the 21st century.
Reviews / Votes
'Honest, relatable, and thought provoking.' Stylist magazine'Funny and heartfelt and brilliant.' Sunday Times STYLE
'Relatable and funny.' ELLE
'Encapsulates what it is to be a young woman.' Pandora Sykes
'Divine.' Cecelia Ahern
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
2,38 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-00-859186-1 (9780008591861)
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Charly Cox (she/her) is a poet and activist. Her first book,
She Must Be Mad, was the bestselling debut collection of
2018 and her second book Validate Me received praise from
ELLE, Sunday Times STYLE and Elizabeth Day. Charly is a
Forbes 30 under 30, an ambassador for mental health research
charity MQ and listed by ELLE Magazine as one of their
'power players' to watch.
She Must Be Mad, was the bestselling debut collection of
2018 and her second book Validate Me received praise from
ELLE, Sunday Times STYLE and Elizabeth Day. Charly is a
Forbes 30 under 30, an ambassador for mental health research
charity MQ and listed by ELLE Magazine as one of their
'power players' to watch.
