Glittering a Turd by Kris Hallenga

Glittering a Turd by Kris Hallenga

This honest and beautiful book is a story of resilience and doing life your way.-- Fearne Cotton, author of>Bigger Than Us: The Power of Finding Meaning in a Messy World

Kris's story should make you feel grateful for every second you're alive. It's a testament to her positivity, empathy, bravery and her unfailing sense of humour. -- Dermot O'Leary, The X Factor

A manifesto for how to be alive. It will leave you calm, hopeful and unafraid. -- Dawn O'Porter, author of>So Lucky

Kris was living a totally normal life as a twenty-three-year-old: traveling the world, falling in love, making plans. However, when she found a lump in her breast and was told that it was not only cancer, but also incurable, life took on a completely new meaning. She was diagnosed at an age when her adult life was just beginning.

But, to her surprise, cancer led her to a life she had never considered: a happy one. From founding a charity to campaigning at festivals to appearing on TV, and being present at the birth of her nephew, she found a way to survive and thrive.

Glittering a Turd is more than just another cancer memoir: it's a handbook for living life to the fullest, shining a new perspective on survival and learning to glitter your own turd, whatever it might be. Kris has survived the unsurvivable for twelve years. Here, she begins to discover why.

• 'Words so powerful that I weep and snort with laughter in equal measure' Metro

Kris Hallenga was diagnosed at twenty-three with Stage 4, secondary, incurable cancer. She and her twin sister Maren founded the first breast cancer education charity, CoppaFeel!, which raises over £2 million per year, successfully campaigned to change the school curriculum, and has saved many lives. She received a Pride of Britain Award, a Cosmopolitan Campaigner of the Year Award, and was awarded an honorary doctorate from Nottingham Trent University. Kris died in May 2024 aged thirty-eight.

Twitter: @KrisPoB / Insta: @howtoglitteraturd