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Will You Read This, Please?
- Narrator
- Mofetoluwa Akande
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 11 May 2023
- Run Time
- 7 hours 2 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
- Genre
- Psychiatry, Short stories, Biographical fiction / autobiographical fiction, Narrative theme: interior life / psychological fiction, Fiction: literary and general non-genre
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
What to expect
‘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.
Critics Review
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‘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 important. I 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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‘Enlightening and heartbreaking’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Powerful and insightful’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘A bold idea, sensitively executed… [this is] an important book that I hope can play a part in shifting assumptions and, hopefully, encouraging empathy’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Heartbreaking, horrific and eye-opening… Please read this book, it may help you to understand a little about one other person you know’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘I am in awe of the open and honest accounts given by the people in this book… Thank you’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Heart-breaking and hopeful, written with such kindness and beauty. A must read for anyone wanting to better understand mental illness’
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
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5.0 5.0
A brave, informative, moving, inspiring and surprisingly uplifting collection. Opens doors into others' worlds.
jackdor 2026-01-31
Details
- Author
- Edited by Joanna Cannon, Cecilia Appiah, Eilidh Beaton, Elliot Chapman, Joe Jameson, Harrison Knights, Lucy Price-Lewis and Catrin Walker-Booth
- Narrator
- Mofetoluwa Akande
- Duration
- 7 hours 2 minutes
- Release Date
- 11 May 2023
- ISBN
- 9780008520007
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Psychiatry, Short stories, Biographical fiction / autobiographical fiction, Narrative theme: interior life / psychological fiction, Fiction: literary and general non-genre
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
‘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.
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