Mad Girl
Mad Girl by Bryony Gordon, published by Headline on June 20, 2017, is a reprint edition comprising 384 pages. This personal memoir offers an insightful look into the author’s experiences with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and the impact it has had on her life. Gordon candidly shares her journey, detailing the challenges she has faced since her teenage years, including the struggles with her mental health and the societal stigma surrounding it.
In this book, readers will find a blend of humor and honesty as Gordon explores her relationship with OCD and depression. She addresses the misconceptions about mental illness while emphasizing the importance of open dialogue. Through her trademark wit, she reflects on her life as a columnist for the Telegraph, a bestselling author, and a mother, all while navigating the complexities of her condition. Mad Girl serves as a raw and truthful account of living with mental illness, inviting readers to engage with the realities of these experiences.
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THE NUMBER 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB 2017 PICK
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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