Mad Girl
Mad Girl by Bryony Gordon, published by Headline on December 27, 2016, is a personal memoir that delves into the author’s experiences with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and its impact on her life. In this 320-page book, Gordon candidly shares her journey, revealing the challenges she has faced since her teenage years, including the compulsions that have affected her mental health and well-being. With a blend of humor and honesty, she addresses the stigma surrounding mental illness and the importance of open dialogue.
Readers will find a raw and truthful exploration of mental health as Gordon discusses her struggles with OCD, depression, and the various ways these conditions have manifested in her life. Through her characteristic wit, she reflects on her experiences with alopecia, bulimia, and drug dependency, all while maintaining a sense of resilience. Mad Girl offers insight into the complexities of living with mental illness, making it a significant contribution to the conversation around personal memoirs and mental health awareness.
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A new Sunday Times bestseller from Bryony Gordon, Telegraph columnist and author of the bestselling The Wrong Knickers. For readers who enjoyed Matt Haig’s Reasons to Stay Alive and Ruby Wax’s Sane New World, Mad Girl is a shocking, funny, unpredictable, heart-wrenching, raw and jaw-droppingly truthful celebration of life with mental illness.
‘I loved it. A brilliant fast and funny and frank look at something that absolutely needs to be talked about in this way’ Matt Haig
Bryony Gordon has OCD.
It’s the snake in her brain that has told her ever since she was a teenager that her world is about to come crashing down: that her family might die if she doesn’t repeat a phrase 5 times, or that she might have murdered someone and forgotten about it. It’s caused alopecia, bulimia, and drug dependency. And Bryony is sick of it. Keeping silent about her illness has given it a cachet it simply does not deserve, so here she shares her story with trademark wit and dazzling honesty.
A hugely successful columnist for the Telegraph, a bestselling author, and a happily married mother of an adorable daughter, Bryony has managed to laugh and live well while simultaneously grappling with her illness. Now it’s time for her to speak out. Writing with her characteristic warmth and dark humour, Bryony explores her relationship with her OCD and depression as only she can.
Mad Girl is a shocking, funny, unpredictable, heart-wrenching, raw and jaw-droppingly truthful celebration of life with mental illness.
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