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Mad Woman
- Narrated by: Bryony Gordon
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
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Summary
Bryony Gordon presents the long-anticipated follow up to her phenomenal Number One Sunday Times Bestseller, Mad Girl.
Ten years on from first writing about her own experiences of mental illness, Bryony Gordon still receives messages about the effects it has on people. Now perimenopausal and well into the next stage of her life, parenting an almost-adolescent, just what has that help - and that connection with other unwell people - taught Bryony about herself, and the society we live in? What has she learned, and why have her views on mental health changed so radically? After coming out the other side of the biggest trauma of our living memory - a global pandemic - existing in a state of perma-crisis has now become our new normal.
From burnout and binge eating, to living with fluctuating hormones and the endless battle to stay sober, Bryony begins to question whether she got mental illness wrong in the first place. Is it simply a chemical imbalance, or rather a normal response from your brain telling you that something isn't right? Mad Woman explores the most difficult of all the lesson she's learned over the last decade - that our notion of what makes a happy life is the very thing that's making us so sad.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-03-24
A trip down memory lane
So relatable! Enjoy the journey through women hood. Makes it feel good to be ‘mad’.
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- Rachel Clarke-Harrison
- 17-03-24
not the only one that thinks like that.
a really good listen, allowing us women that have thoughts of self doubt constantly invading our space. seeing things for what they are, and changing within the femine equality or just our rights.
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- sarah cox
- 13-03-24
Real
Highly recommended. I could so relate to the author… listened to it in 2 days … some lol moments and so keeping it real and honest. Going to download her first book now
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- Jodi Clark
- 12-03-24
Eye opening
I loved this book, so honest and raw and so relatable in alot of aspects. Thank you Bryony
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- Sad Sack
- 26-02-24
So relatable
Read this with a lump in my throat as Bryony perfectly captures life experiences similar to mine. I’ve never felt I’ve seen representations of my life before and it was so liberating to see something I could relate to. I wish the author all the best in finding their happy future and wish the same for all of us for whom this resonates.
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- Pippa Garner
- 10-03-24
witty, funny. unapologetic
briony is immensely clever with how she shares her story. it feels like she is speaking directly to you. you get the sense that you know her. it makes the story more meaningful
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- Irene j.
- 31-03-24
Honestly
As a woman , related to so much , thank you , on my rock …. SELF DOUBT X
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- E. Le Feuvre
- 23-04-24
Raw, real and bloody hilarious!
Wow! What an incredible ‘naked’ book! Bryony clearly has a powerful gift in telling her authentic truth with dangerous levels of pure comedy gold! I especially loved that she named her inner critic after my favourite 1980s film character too. The ‘great awakening’ of menopause unfiltered, unpolished and real…exactely as it should be. Well done Bryony. ❤️
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- Luciano
- 20-02-24
She does it again
Bryony always gives us the raw unfiltered truth of living with mental illness but still has a compassion and warmth that exudes out of her writing that makes the listener feel less alone.
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- Kim G.
- 19-02-24
most relatable book I've ever read
How have I only just discovered Bryony Gordon... Thank you Lorraine Kelly.
Most relatable book I've ever listened to, absolutely hilarious and heart wrenching.
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