Will You Read This, Please? by Joanna Cannon

Will You Read This, Please? by Joanna Cannon

‘Moving and vital’ i NEWS ‘A beautiful book’ EVENING STANDARD ‘Deserves to be read by as wide an audience as possible’ DAILY MIRROR How do we give a voice to those who so often remain unheard? Will You Read This, Please? is a frank and impactful collection of twelve stories written in conjunction with our best British writers, including Tracy Chevalier and Clare Mackintosh, based on the lived experience of people who have faced mental illness in the UK. Edited by Sunday Times bestselling author Joanna Cannon, the stories told here are powerful, resonant and heart-breaking. This is a ground-breaking and unforgettable collection, shining a light on the stigma and isolation of living with mental illness, while also showing the strength and resilience of the human spirit.

‘Moving and vital’ i NEWS

‘A beautiful book’ EVENING STANDARD

‘Cannon’s varied selection vividly portrays how our minds can become locked-in worlds of anguish, terror and distress […] We learn how hard, and how long, the road to recovery can be’ TLS

‘Cannon’s book is a labour of love and deserves to be read by as wide an audience as possible’ DAILY MIRROR

‘Powerful and importantI recommend it to everyone’ ALICE HOPKINS, BBC RADIO OXFORD

‘I’ve been recommending it to everyone’ RAY D’ARCY

‘Amazing and powerful… I hope this book will inspire more people with lived experience of mental distress to write their own stories; and inspire professionals to listen better’ DR GWEN ADSHEAD

READER REVIEWS ARE IN

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‘Powerful and insightful’

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‘A bold idea, sensitively executed… [this is] an important book that I hope can play a part in shifting assumptions and, hopefully, encouraging empathy’

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‘Heartbreaking, horrific and eye-opening… Please read this book, it may help you to understand a little about one other person you know’

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‘I am in awe of the open and honest accounts given by the people in this book… Thank you’

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‘Heart-breaking and hopeful, written with such kindness and beauty. A must read for anyone wanting to better understand mental illness’

Joanna Cannon’s first two novels, The Trouble with Goats and Sheep and Three Things about Elsie, were both Sunday Times bestsellers and Richard and Judy picks. She worked as a hospital doctor before specialising in psychiatry, and lives in the Peak District with her family and her dog.

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ISBN 13	9780008519971
ISBN 10	0008519978
Title	Will You Read This, Please?
Author	Joanna Cannon
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	2023-05-11
Number of pages	224
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