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By (author) Stephens, Jordan
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From the writer and performer comes a radically candid memoir exploring masculinity, mental health, addiction and heartbreak
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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
”Brutally honest as well as poetic” DOLLY ALDERTON
”Necessary, urgent and totally original” AFUA HIRSCH
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Intimately life-affirming . . . tackles enormously complex questions
” CALEB FEMI
Someone once asked me how I”d want to be remembered.
I said, ”As the boy who grew.”
Diagnosed with ADHD as a child, Jordan Stephens found his teens and twenties to be a whirl of career success and nurturing friendships but also a brutal pattern of self-harm, hedonism, destructive coping mechanisms and heartbreak. When he tried to live up to his own damaged expectations and his world exploded, he allowed himself to explore the pain he”d repressed his entire life.
Unsparingly digging into the fear, tenderness and trauma, Jordan Stephens discovers what it means to be a modern man and how the price we pay for love, in all its forms, is worth it.
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Necessary, urgent and totally original
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Brutally honest as well as poetic
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Intimately life-affirming . . . tackles enormously complex questions
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Deeply personal
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Raw, funny, honest and neurodiverting
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Energetic and unguarded
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Funny, shocking and downright fucked-up at times, it”s like Jordan crawled into my brain and took notes. If you”ve ever had to overcome something in your life, this book is a must-read. Seriously, don”t miss it!
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Impressively candid . . . A compelling insight into what it is like to be both an artist, and a heterosexual male, in the twenty-first century
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Beautifully written, lyrical, visceral, staccato, cathartic. Feels like late night deep chats and confessions with an old friend. I loved it
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Jordan Stephens shares his life as a kaleidoscope adventure in full ADHD colour with immaculately told stories. What a glorious book, and what a journey
Biographical note:
Jordan Stephens is a writer and performer, best known as one half of the chart-topping duo Rizzle Kicks, who sold over a million records. Having been publicly open with his own struggles surrounding mental health, Jordan has been very active in creating awareness around the stigma. His mental health campaign #IAMWHOLE reached over 120 million people online and was mentioned in the Houses of Parliament. His children”s book The Missing Piece was recently shortlisted for the Waterstones Children”s Prize.
@jordanfstephens
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Someone once asked me how I”d want to be remembered.
I said, ”As the boy who grew.”
Diagnosed with ADHD as a child, Jordan Stephens found his teens and twenties to be a whirl of career success and nurturing friendships but also a brutal pattern of self-harm, hedonism, destructive coping mechanisms and heartbreak. When he tried to live up to his own damaged expectations and his world exploded, he allowed himself to explore the pain he”d repressed his entire life.
Unsparingly digging into the fear, tenderness and trauma, Jordan Stephens discovers what it means to be a modern man and how the price we pay for love, in all its forms, is worth it.
”Necessary, urgent and totally original”
Afua Hirsch
”Funny, shocking and downright fucked-up at times . . . a must-read”
Ashley Walters
”Deeply personal”
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