Will You Read This, Please?

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‘Deserves to be read by as wide an audience as possible’ DAILY MIRROR

How do we give a voice to those who so often remain unheard? Will You Read This, Please? is a frank and impactful collection of twelve stories as told to our best British writers, based on the lived experience of people who have faced mental illness in the UK.

Edited by Joanna Cannon, the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep, Three Things About Elsie and A Tidy Ending, 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.

SARAH’S STORY JOANNA CANNONJEREMY’S STORY TRACY CHEVALIERJEN’S STORY CATHERINE CHOMARIE’S STORY BENJAMIN JOHNCOCKFRANKI’S STORY REBECCA PERTNICOLA’S STORY JENN ASHWORTHCAT’S STORY SHELLEY HARRISPHOENIX’S STORY HAFSA ZAYYANLEWIS’S STORY RHIK SAMADDERSANMEET’S STORY SELALI FIAMANYAALAIN’S STORY KATHRYN MANNIXJOYIA’S STORY CLARE MACKINTOSH