Nobody Asked For This

Name: Nobody Asked For This
Brand: Harper UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Charly Cox
ISBN: 9780008591878

Author: Charly Cox

Narrator: Charly Cox

Unabridged: 5 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HQ

Published: 02/02/2023

Categories: Fiction, Poetry, Women Authors, European Poetry

Synopsis

A beautiful poetry collection bringing together the collected works of bestselling poet Charly Cox for the very first time with new and exclusive material. Nobody asked for this Whatever this is Nobody asked for this Charly Cox lays bare the last decade of her life. In this anthology of poetry, combining her bestselling collections She Must Be Mad and Validate Me, and with 70 new poems and handwritten annotations, she paints a complex picture of the formative experiences of womanhood and living with Bipolar II disorder. From first loves, to lost loves, to the dark humour of mental illness, Nobody Asked For This is an intimate and unflinchingly honest exploration of growing up in the 21st century.

About Charly Cox

Born in the South, raised in the Midwest, Charly Cox now resides in the Southwest in the Land of Enchantment, Green Chile capital of the world, which is good because she enjoys eating copious amounts of the spicy food. When she's not reading, writing, or plotting sinister evils with her antagonists, she enjoys doing jigsaw and crossword puzzles, hanging out with her husband and her spoiled Siberian Husky, visiting her son in Arizona, and traveling, preferably to places surrounded by sun, sand, and warm uncrowded beaches.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Megan on June 02, 2024

i've read her two other books of poetry - so i don't know why i bought this one, it's cos she had new poetry & it's all in one book. plus it's a signed copy. plus it's hardback, sometimes hardback is better for the book cos it won't get ruined 😂 the new poetry was great. i started it like last year s......more

Goodreads review by Magen on August 26, 2023

A truly stunning canvas of the mind of Charly Cox. Having already read and adored both her previous works, it felt like quite a treat to be tucked all in one place. Poetry is subjective and understood in an endless stream of brain waves - with this in mind, Cox has truly brought forgiveness, honesty......more

Goodreads review by Faith on February 18, 2023

2.5 stars I was absolutely floored by the longer poems and prose pieces on mental illness and addiction - they were incredibly real, relatable, and raw. However the shorter, rupi-kaur-esque poems about social media and basic sentences chopped up into bits were devastatingly disappointing considering......more

Goodreads review by Maisie on December 12, 2023

A selection of poems about the female body, society, expectations, eating disorders and so on. Super important and relevant, the author deals with issues and themes that the everyday woman also deals with. Cox brings to light how society and politics treats women and this collection is so good at ma......more

Quotes

‘Honest, relatable, and thought provoking.’ ‘Funny and heartfelt and brilliant.’ ‘Relatable and funny.’ ‘Encapsulates what it is to be a young woman.’ ‘Divine.’