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It's Not OK to Feel Blue (and other lies)

Inspirational people open up about their mental health

$14.37

Length 9 hours 22 minutes
Language English
Narrators Scarlett Curtis, Adam Kay, Honey Ross, Miranda Hart, Saba Asif, Paapa Essiedu, Shvorne Marks & Full Cast

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Brought to you by Penguin.

Everyone has a mental health. So we asked: What does yours mean to you?

THE RESULT IS EXTRAORDINARY.

Over 60 people have shared their stories. Powerful, funny, moving, this book is here to tell you:

It's OK.

With writing and audio from a collection of collaborators including:

Adam Kay - Alastair Campbell - Alexis Caught - Ben Platt - Bryony Gordon - Candice Carty-Williams - Charlie Mackesy - Charly Cox - Chidera Eggerue - Claire Stancliffe - Davina McCall - Dawn O'Porter - Elizabeth Day - Elizabeth Uviebinenรฉ - Ella Purnell - Emilia Clarke - Emma Thompson - Eve Delaney - Fearne Cotton - Gabby Edlin - Gemma Styles - GIRLI (Milly Toomey) - Grace Beverley - Hannah Witton - Honey Ross - Hussain Manawer - Jack Rooke - James Blake - Jamie Flook - Jamie Windust - Jessie Cave - Jo Irwin - Jonah Freud - Jonny Benjamin - Jordan Stephens - Kai-Isaiah Jamal - Kate Weinberg - Kelechi Okafor - Khalil Aldabbas - KUCHENGA - Lauren Mahon - Lena Dunham - Maggie Matic - Martha Lane Fox - Mathew Kollamkulam - Matt Haig - Megan Crabbe - Michael Kitching - Michelle Elman - Miranda Hart - Mitch Price - Mona Chalabi - Montana Brown - Nadia Craddock - Naomi Campbell - Poorna Bell - Poppy Jamie - Reggie Yates - Ripley Parker - Robert Kazandjian - Rosa Mercuriadis - Saba Asif - Sam Smith - Scarlett Curtis - Scarlett Moffatt - Scottee - Sharon Chalkin Feldstein - Shonagh Marie - Simon Amstell - Sinรฉad Burke - Steve Ali - Tanya Byron - Travon Free - Yomi Adegoke - Yusuf Al Majarhi

'This is the freshest, most honest collection of writings about mental health that I've read...searing wit, blinding passion, bleeding emotion and a fantastic, heroic, glorious refusal to lie down and take it' - Stephen Fry

'Reading this book made me feel more normal about the things I feel sometimes...It's a great book; however you're feeling, it'll help' - Ed Sheeran

'This is the book I needed when I was little. May this be a leap forward in the much needed conversation around mental health' - Jameela Jamil

Scarlett Curtis (Author, Reader)
Scarlett Curtis is a writer, journalist, blogger and activist. She curated the Sunday Times bestselling Feminists Don't Wear Pink and other lies, which won the National Book Award 2018. She is the co-founder of The Pink Protest and in 2018 worked on the campaign to end period poverty in the UK.

She has had work published in The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Times, Vogue and a number of other online and offline magazines and newspapers. She is a contributing editor for The Sunday Times Style newspaper titled The Generation Z Hit List; her job is essentially to watch TV, google things and listen to podcasts and she really can't imagine anything better.

Adam Kay (Reader)
Adam Kay is a former doctor who has written five million books and sold seven copies. No, hang on โ€“ heโ€™s written seven books and sold five million copies. His debut book, This is Going to Hurt, is a literary sensation: a Sunday Times number one bestseller for over a year, winning a record-breaking four National Book Awards and selling over 3 million copies. Kay adapted This is Going to Hurt as a BAFTA-winning comedy-drama series for the BBC. Adam Kayโ€™s childrenโ€™s books have been translated into 29 languages and sold over 750,000 copies, making him one of the UKโ€™s bestselling childrenโ€™s authors. Kayโ€™s Anatomy became the fastest-selling childrenโ€™s general non-fiction hardback of the decade. His first picture book Amy Gets Eaten was published in 2023. His first childrenโ€™s fiction hardback, Dexter Procter the Ten-Year-Old Doctor will be published in Autumn 2024.

Miranda Hart (Reader)
Miranda Hart is a writer, comedian and actor. She is best known for her much-loved and multi-award-winning sitcom Miranda, as well as her BAFTA-nominated role of Chummy in Call the Midwife. Notable films include Spy alongside Melissa McCarthy, and playing Miss Bates in the recent adaption of Emma. Her first book, Is It Just Me?, was a Sunday Times No.1 bestseller, winning Non-Fiction Book of the Year in the Specsavers National Book Awards. She has published five books, including Peggy & Me and the childrenโ€™s novel The Girl With the Lost Smile, with combined sales of over a million copies worldwide. She is the first female comedian to do an arena stand-up tour with her โ€˜My, What I Call, Live Showโ€™.

Instagram @realmirandahart

Scarlett Curtis (Author, Reader)
Scarlett Curtis is a writer, journalist, blogger and activist. She curated the Sunday Times bestselling Feminists Don't Wear Pink and other lies, which won the National Book Award 2018. She is the co-founder of The Pink Protest and in 2018 worked on the campaign to end period poverty in the UK.

She has had work published in The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Times, Vogue and a number of other online and offline magazines and newspapers. She is a contributing editor for The Sunday Times Style newspaper titled The Generation Z Hit List; her job is essentially to watch TV, google things and listen to podcasts and she really can't imagine anything better.

Adam Kay (Reader)
Adam Kay is a former doctor who has written five million books and sold seven copies. No, hang on โ€“ heโ€™s written seven books and sold five million copies. His debut book, This is Going to Hurt, is a literary sensation: a Sunday Times number one bestseller for over a year, winning a record-breaking four National Book Awards and selling over 3 million copies. Kay adapted This is Going to Hurt as a BAFTA-winning comedy-drama series for the BBC. Adam Kayโ€™s childrenโ€™s books have been translated into 29 languages and sold over 750,000 copies, making him one of the UKโ€™s bestselling childrenโ€™s authors. Kayโ€™s Anatomy became the fastest-selling childrenโ€™s general non-fiction hardback of the decade. His first picture book Amy Gets Eaten was published in 2023. His first childrenโ€™s fiction hardback, Dexter Procter the Ten-Year-Old Doctor will be published in Autumn 2024.

Miranda Hart (Reader)
Miranda Hart is a writer, comedian and actor. She is best known for her much-loved and multi-award-winning sitcom Miranda, as well as her BAFTA-nominated role of Chummy in Call the Midwife. Notable films include Spy alongside Melissa McCarthy, and playing Miss Bates in the recent adaption of Emma. Her first book, Is It Just Me?, was a Sunday Times No.1 bestseller, winning Non-Fiction Book of the Year in the Specsavers National Book Awards. She has published five books, including Peggy & Me and the childrenโ€™s novel The Girl With the Lost Smile, with combined sales of over a million copies worldwide. She is the first female comedian to do an arena stand-up tour with her โ€˜My, What I Call, Live Showโ€™.

Instagram @realmirandahart

Scarlett Curtis (Author, Reader)
Scarlett Curtis is a writer, journalist, blogger and activist. She curated the Sunday Times bestselling Feminists Don't Wear Pink and other lies, which won the National Book Award 2018. She is the co-founder of The Pink Protest and in 2018 worked on the campaign to end period poverty in the UK.

She has had work published in The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Times, Vogue and a number of other online and offline magazines and newspapers. She is a contributing editor for The Sunday Times Style newspaper titled The Generation Z Hit List; her job is essentially to watch TV, google things and listen to podcasts and she really can't imagine anything better.

Adam Kay (Reader)
Adam Kay is a former doctor who has written five million books and sold seven copies. No, hang on โ€“ heโ€™s written seven books and sold five million copies. His debut book, This is Going to Hurt, is a literary sensation: a Sunday Times number one bestseller for over a year, winning a record-breaking four National Book Awards and selling over 3 million copies. Kay adapted This is Going to Hurt as a BAFTA-winning comedy-drama series for the BBC. Adam Kayโ€™s childrenโ€™s books have been translated into 29 languages and sold over 750,000 copies, making him one of the UKโ€™s bestselling childrenโ€™s authors. Kayโ€™s Anatomy became the fastest-selling childrenโ€™s general non-fiction hardback of the decade. His first picture book Amy Gets Eaten was published in 2023. His first childrenโ€™s fiction hardback, Dexter Procter the Ten-Year-Old Doctor will be published in Autumn 2024.

Miranda Hart (Reader)
Miranda Hart is a writer, comedian and actor. She is best known for her much-loved and multi-award-winning sitcom Miranda, as well as her BAFTA-nominated role of Chummy in Call the Midwife. Notable films include Spy alongside Melissa McCarthy, and playing Miss Bates in the recent adaption of Emma. Her first book, Is It Just Me?, was a Sunday Times No.1 bestseller, winning Non-Fiction Book of the Year in the Specsavers National Book Awards. She has published five books, including Peggy & Me and the childrenโ€™s novel The Girl With the Lost Smile, with combined sales of over a million copies worldwide. She is the first female comedian to do an arena stand-up tour with her โ€˜My, What I Call, Live Showโ€™.

Instagram @realmirandahart

Scarlett Curtis (Author, Reader)
Scarlett Curtis is a writer, journalist, blogger and activist. She curated the Sunday Times bestselling Feminists Don't Wear Pink and other lies, which won the National Book Award 2018. She is the co-founder of The Pink Protest and in 2018 worked on the campaign to end period poverty in the UK.

She has had work published in The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Times, Vogue and a number of other online and offline magazines and newspapers. She is a contributing editor for The Sunday Times Style newspaper titled The Generation Z Hit List; her job is essentially to watch TV, google things and listen to podcasts and she really can't imagine anything better.

Adam Kay (Reader)
Adam Kay is a former doctor who has written five million books and sold seven copies. No, hang on โ€“ heโ€™s written seven books and sold five million copies. His debut book, This is Going to Hurt, is a literary sensation: a Sunday Times number one bestseller for over a year, winning a record-breaking four National Book Awards and selling over 3 million copies. Kay adapted This is Going to Hurt as a BAFTA-winning comedy-drama series for the BBC. Adam Kayโ€™s childrenโ€™s books have been translated into 29 languages and sold over 750,000 copies, making him one of the UKโ€™s bestselling childrenโ€™s authors. Kayโ€™s Anatomy became the fastest-selling childrenโ€™s general non-fiction hardback of the decade. His first picture book Amy Gets Eaten was published in 2023. His first childrenโ€™s fiction hardback, Dexter Procter the Ten-Year-Old Doctor will be published in Autumn 2024.

Miranda Hart (Reader)
Miranda Hart is a writer, comedian and actor. She is best known for her much-loved and multi-award-winning sitcom Miranda, as well as her BAFTA-nominated role of Chummy in Call the Midwife. Notable films include Spy alongside Melissa McCarthy, and playing Miss Bates in the recent adaption of Emma. Her first book, Is It Just Me?, was a Sunday Times No.1 bestseller, winning Non-Fiction Book of the Year in the Specsavers National Book Awards. She has published five books, including Peggy & Me and the childrenโ€™s novel The Girl With the Lost Smile, with combined sales of over a million copies worldwide. She is the first female comedian to do an arena stand-up tour with her โ€˜My, What I Call, Live Showโ€™.

Instagram @realmirandahart

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Reviews

This is the freshest, clearest, most direct, honest and urgent collection of writings about mental health that I've read. Scarlett Curtis has curated a stunning variety of voices in the service of blowing away the foggy vapours of misery, incomprehension, secrecy and lonely shame that can shroud us. Within the pages there is searing wit, blinding passion, bleeding emotion and a fantastic, heroic, glorious refusal to lie down and take it that more than anything characterises the new energy behind the mental health movement. Anyone within a few degrees of someone with a mental health problem - and that means the whole world - should read this This is the book I needed when I was younger. May this be a leap forward in the much needed conversation around mental health I think everyone has moments where they're embarrassed by what they're feeling and don't want to talk about it. I get it a lot, and feel unable to tell people I feel down because I know the reply will be, 'but why? Everything seems to be going right.' Reading this book made me feel more normal about how I feel sometimes, whether it's for a reason or just because that's how I woke up that day. It's a great book; however you're feeling, it will help Brilliant, hysterical, truthful and real. These essays illuminate the path for our future female leaders As a feminist who loves pink, I give this brilliant book of essays an enthusiastic "YES"! Wonderfully candid, often funny and absolutely necessary, a triumphant rallying call to young women Pick it up and read one story from your favourite columnist or actress, but I guarantee you'll end up reading the full, illuminating collection, and you'll possibly finish it knowing more about your own personal stance than you imagined This collection of essays curated by writer Scarlett Curtis is a call-to-arm that allows us to unpick what it means to be a feminist in a safe space We advise placing a copy in the hands of every girl (and guy) you know Expand reviews
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