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Raw intense and absorbing Matt Haig
As tender and funny as it is painful TLS
I didnt give my hands much thought before they turned against me They have been chipping away at my life slowly slowly in a way I could never have predicted
Lauren Brown is anxious And when she feels worried she picks at her skin Secretly quietly but increasingly compulsively her skinpicking begins to affect her daytoday life until she realizes she must unravel the reasons behind it
This sparkling memoir follows the thread of Laurens anxiety tangled and frayed back to its source Written with rare wit and insight it is an attempt to redirect the anxiety thats pooled in her fingertips for as long as she can remember released in odd bursts in caravan parks on European holidays at GP surgeries and on the windstung northeast coast It is a moving and joyful exploration of obsession forgiveness stigma and healing and a true lovesong to the north
Thoughtful unsparing and at times darkly comic Hands is the masterful debut of a luminous new talent
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