Published By: MonorayPages: 320Released On: 17/04/2025 It’s the sleepover from hell that no one prepared you for. The doctors have gone to medical school, the nurses have gone to uni – but what about the patients?Be Patient is a warm, darkly comic account of Tilly’s desperate search for a diagnosis, against the backdrop of a hilariouslyContinue reading “Be Patient – Tilly Rose”
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Alive: An Alternative Anatomy – Gabriel Weston
Published By: Jonathan CapePages: 304Released On: 06/03/2025 What does it mean to live in a body? For Gabriel Weston, there was always something missing from the anatomy she was taught at medical school. Medicine teaches us how a body functions, but it doesn’t help us navigate the reality of living in one. As she becameContinue reading “Alive: An Alternative Anatomy – Gabriel Weston”
Love Lay Down Beside Me and We Wept – Helen Murray Taylor
Published By: UnboundPages: 288Released On: 20/02/2025 Depressed and suicidal, Helen was admitted to a psychiatric ward and sectioned under the Mental Health Act. At her lowest, she almost succeeded in taking her own life. But somehow, she endured and later, she recovered. love lay down beside me and we wept sprang from these emotionally shattering experiences. AmidContinue reading “Love Lay Down Beside Me and We Wept – Helen Murray Taylor”
I Don’t Do Disability and Other Lies I’ve Told Myself – Adelle Purdham
Published By: Dundurn PressPages: 232Released On: 03/12/2024 With the arrival of her daughter with Down syndrome, Adelle Purdham began unpacking a lifetime of her own ableism. In a society where people with disabilities remain largely invisible, what does it mean to parent such a child? And simultaneously, what does it mean as a mother, aContinue reading “I Don’t Do Disability and Other Lies I’ve Told Myself – Adelle Purdham”
Too Young For Cancer – Katie Coleman
Published By: Alcove PressPages: 320Released On: 12/11/2024 A Stage IV cancer survivor reflects on treatment and recovery in this inspiring memoir that reveals the biases of the healthcare system—and the power of community. New Year’s Eve 2020 was supposed to be a turning point to better days for twenty-nine-year-old Katie Coleman. Instead, she found herselfContinue reading “Too Young For Cancer – Katie Coleman”
You Don’t Have To Be Mad To Work Here: A Psychiatrist’s Life – Dr Benji Waterhouse
Published By: Jonathan CapePages: 288Released On: 16/05/2024 A woman with bipolar flies from America in a wedding dress to marry Harry Styles.A lorry driver with schizophrenia believes he’s got a cure for coronavirus.A depressed psychiatrist hides his profession from his GP due to stigma.Most of the characters in this book are his patients. Some ofContinue reading “You Don’t Have To Be Mad To Work Here: A Psychiatrist’s Life – Dr Benji Waterhouse”
A Girl Behind Closed Doors – Jessica Taylor-Bearman
Published By: Hashtag PressPages:Released On: 19/10/2023 After 12 years of being trapped in the world of one room by the M.E. Monster, Jessica’s dreams start to come true. She’s pregnant! But Jessica has to adjust to being a disabled mum in an inaccessible world and face the critics who doubt her abilities. ***** Thanks toContinue reading “A Girl Behind Closed Doors – Jessica Taylor-Bearman”
Will You Read This, Please? – Joanna Cannon
Published By: Borough PressPages: 224Released On: 11/05/2023 ‘Some people who deal with mental illness have the opportunity and ability to write about it, but many do not – and it was those people, those unread stories, I wanted to find’ JOANNA CANNON How do we give a voice to those who so often remain unheard? WillContinue reading “Will You Read This, Please? – Joanna Cannon”
Getting Better – Michael Rosen
Published By: Ebury PressPages: 252Released On: 02/02/2023 In our lives, terrible things may happen. Michael Rosen has grieved the loss of a child, lived with debilitating chronic illness, and faced death itself when seriously unwell in hospital. In spite of this he has survived, and has even learned to find joy in life in theContinue reading “Getting Better – Michael Rosen”
Are You Really OK? – Roman Kemp
Published By: Mirror BooksPages: 300Released On: 27/10/2022 Capital DJ Roman Kemp has achieved much success but he hasn’t had an easy ride. He’s battled depression since the age of 15, once contemplated suicide, and has bravely fought to smash the stigma surrounding medication and mental health. The lifelong Arsenal supporter grafted his way to Capital’sContinue reading “Are You Really OK? – Roman Kemp”
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