Mad Girl
A Happy Life With A Mixed Up Mind: A celebration of life with mental illness from mental health campaigner Bryony Gordon

“… mental illness does not always fit the binary, black-and-white terms given to it in the media, books and films. This is also why it is such a bastard. It is good at hiding, evading capture, putting on a show. It is the world’s greatest actor.” Mental illness memoirs are often written by those in t......more

Bryony Gordon was a stranger to me before I read this book, based on a recommendation and my attempt to add more non-fiction to my reading list. Having finished it, I feel I know her personally. Her memoir is open, chatty, at times frustrating, at others relatable, funny and tragic. Gordon's trouble......more

I sort of love Bryony Gordon. We couldn't be more different, really, except for the small matter of our mental heath. That is to say, it's a bit crap. Bryony has had OCD ever since she was a young girl and, as she got older, it caused alopecia, bulimia, and drug dependency. In her memoir, she explor......more

I knew from the minute I started reading Mad Girl, my life would be changed. I read The Wrong Knickers when it came out and it was immense so when I heard that Bryony had a new book on the way, I knew I had to read it. I was sobbing by the second page of the prologue. I was gripped from the first wor......more

Mental health is, thankfully, easier to talk about in our millennial generation than perhaps forty or fifty years ago. Almost everyone knows someone on antidepressants, it's likely you have a relative or good friend who takes them (whether you're aware or not). As a passionate advocate for mental he......more