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Marc Koralnik |
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THAT WAS WHEN PEOPLE STARTED TO WORRY
An essential primer on young women's mental health in a ground-breaking, first-person multi-perspective narrative
Having conducted over 100 hours of interviews with 60 British women aged 1625, Nancy Tucker explores what it's like to suffer from serious mental illness as a young woman.
With raw honesty, sensitivity and humour, her work examines real experiences of anxiety, self-harm, borderline personality disorder, OCD, binge eating disorder, PTSD and dissociative identity disorder. Giving a voice to young women who feel unable to speak out themselves, Nancy presents a unique window into the day-to-day trials of living with an unwell mind.
THAT WAS WHEN PEOPLE STARTED TO WORRY examines modern perceptions of mental illness, placing women's lived experience at the centre of that narrative. Nancy encourages readers to examine their preconceptions of these conditions with tongue-in-cheek guidebook' sections, and throughout these chapters we hear Nancy's own voice and experiences, creating a compelling and cohesive narrative. What results is a book that is unique: in turns funny, disturbing and deeply moving; sensitively handled, and intimate without being voyeuristic; vivid and nuanced.
Nancy Tucker is a 22-year-old writer and student, currently studying for a degree in Experimental Psychology at Pembroke College, Oxford. Her memoir THE TIME IN BETWEEN was published by Icon Books in 2015 and prompted Jacqueline Wilson to write:
'Nancy Tucker wrote to me when she was a little girl. Her letter must have really impressed me, because I replied that she was such a good writer that I was sure she'd have a book of her own published one day. And so she has, aged 21 - a startlingly affecting, starkly written account of her anorexia. This isn't just another anorexia misery memoir - it's a work of literature.'
With raw honesty, sensitivity and humour, her work examines real experiences of anxiety, self-harm, borderline personality disorder, OCD, binge eating disorder, PTSD and dissociative identity disorder. Giving a voice to young women who feel unable to speak out themselves, Nancy presents a unique window into the day-to-day trials of living with an unwell mind.
THAT WAS WHEN PEOPLE STARTED TO WORRY examines modern perceptions of mental illness, placing women's lived experience at the centre of that narrative. Nancy encourages readers to examine their preconceptions of these conditions with tongue-in-cheek guidebook' sections, and throughout these chapters we hear Nancy's own voice and experiences, creating a compelling and cohesive narrative. What results is a book that is unique: in turns funny, disturbing and deeply moving; sensitively handled, and intimate without being voyeuristic; vivid and nuanced.
Nancy Tucker is a 22-year-old writer and student, currently studying for a degree in Experimental Psychology at Pembroke College, Oxford. Her memoir THE TIME IN BETWEEN was published by Icon Books in 2015 and prompted Jacqueline Wilson to write:
'Nancy Tucker wrote to me when she was a little girl. Her letter must have really impressed me, because I replied that she was such a good writer that I was sure she'd have a book of her own published one day. And so she has, aged 21 - a startlingly affecting, starkly written account of her anorexia. This isn't just another anorexia misery memoir - it's a work of literature.'
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Published 2018-05-03 by Icon Books |