Hands

An Anxious Mind Unpicked

Hands
Lauren Brown
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NZ$ 27.99
Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 240pg
5 Jan 2023 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9780008465797
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' Raw, intense and absorbing. ' MATT HAIG ' I didn' t 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 skin-picking begins to affect her day-to-day life until she realizes she must unravel the reasons behind it. This sparkling memoir follows the thread of Lauren' s anxiety - tangled and frayed - back to its source. Written with rare wit and insight, it is an attempt to redirect the anxiety that' s 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 wind-stung north-east coast. It is a moving and joyful exploration of obsession, forgiveness, stigma and healing, and a true love-song to the north. Thoughtful, unsparing and at times darkly comic, Hands is the masterful debut of a luminous new talent.
' Lauren articulates her experience of mental health difficulties in raw, intense and absorbing style. ' Matt Haig' What a book Lauren Brown has written! A new voice is here. Hands is bright and vivid in the scenes it summons up, brave in its candour, moving in the story it tells, and very often very funny. ' Robert Macfarlane' Light beautifully shed on a subject seldom talked about. This book is frank, raw and generous. ' Helen Mort, author of A Line Above the Sky: On Mountains and Motherhood' Part detective story, part memoir, Hands is a voyage of discovery written with refreshing candour and clarity. Lauren took me with her every step of the way: I was left moved, enlightened and hopeful. ' Kathryn Mannix, author of Listen: How to Find the Words for Tender Conversations' A beautifully crafted story that crosses thresholds of raw courage and truths shared. I absolutely loved Lauren' s voice . . . such intensity and bittersweet humour that I found myself laughing and crying within a matter of seconds. ' Maxine Chung, author of The Eighth Girl
Lauren Brown is a writer and journalist from Billingham in north east England, the place that inspired the landscape of Aldous Huxley' s Brave New World. She studied English at Cambridge, where she lives with her partner. She' s written for publications including the Guardian, the Independent, Index on Censorship, Vice, and Women' s Health UK.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780008465797
Published: 5 Jan 2023
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: HarperNorth
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 130g
Pages: 240

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