Will You Read This, Please?

Name: Will You Read This, Please?
Brand: Harper UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Joanna Cannon
ISBN: 9780008520007

Author: Joanna Cannon

Narrator: Mofetoluwa Akande, Cecilia Appiah, Eilidh Beaton, Elliot Chapman, Joe Jameson, Harrison Knights, Lucy Price-Lewis, Catrin Walker-Booth

Unabridged: 7 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: The Borough Press

Published: 05/11/2023

Categories: Fiction, Anthologies, Literary Fiction

Synopsis

‘Moving and vital’ ‘A beautiful book’ ‘Deserves to be read by as wide an audience as possible’ How do we give a voice to those who so often remain unheard? 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 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.

About Joanna Cannon

Joanna Cannon is a psychiatrist with a degree from Leicester Medical School. She lives in England’s Peak District with her family and her dog. She is the author of Three Things About Elsie and The Trouble with Goats and Sheep, a top ten bestseller in the UK.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lydia

Edited by novelist Joanna Cannon, Will You Read This, Please? is a collection of stories based on twelve peoples' experiences of surviving mental illness and navigating the flawed UK mental health services, as told by twelve bestselling authors. This collection gives a voice to those whose stories o......more

Goodreads review by Chrissie

This book is so important. It is a collection of true stories of people who have experienced different forms of mental illness, in their own words. Several are deeply affecting, but all help to inform the reader of the effect of their conditions, treatment received, and their recovery. I really hope......more

Goodreads review by Debbi

Joanna Cannon - ex-psychiatrist, she the author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep and Three Things About Elsie, has done a wonderful thing here. She decided to invite people with a wide-ranging variance in mental health issues to have their story given a platform to be heard. Joanna engaged 12 auth......more

Goodreads review by Christine

Will You Read This Please by Joanna Cannon (editor) is a sample of a collection of short stories about someone’s mental health, written by an author and told by the person involved in the story. I read three of the stories, all totally different but sad, poignant and very touching. I would like to re......more

Goodreads review by Lyn

My work as an independent advocate means I speak to people coping with all kinds of mental health difficulties: psychosis, anxiety, eating disorders, dementia, PTSD and more. I don't have any medical training, but I can listen and help people navigate the complicated world of community mental health......more

Quotes

‘Moving and vital’ ‘A beautiful book’ ‘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’ ‘Cannon’s book is a labour of love and deserves to be read by as wide an audience as possible’ ‘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 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘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’