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No Filters

a mother and teenage daughter love story

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By: Christie Watson, Rowan Egberongbe
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How can we communicate better across the generational divide?

When Rowan was sixteen, she experienced a mental-health breakdown. She and her mother, Christie, were barely speaking but they finally began to talk. Their conversations not only revealed the chasm between their generations, but also enabled Christie to really get to know her daughter – and in doing so, understand how she could help Rowan recover.

In an age of polarisation, this is a book about how a mother and daughter find humour in the things that divide them and with it a way to connect. Its bare honesty will have you laughing – and possibly crying – out loud as it shows that you are not alone.

'A mother-daughter guide to navigating a teenage mental-health crisis' THE TIMES
'It made me cry, laugh and hug my daughter extra tightly' BRYONY GORDON
'I loved this book and I know it will help many families during difficult times' JULIA SAMUEL
'Full of heart that will help parents and their teenagers' DEREK OWUSU
'Incredibly brave, generous and important' CLOVER STROUD

© Christie Watson and Rowan Egberongbe 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025

 Mental Health Motherhood Parenting & Families Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Relationships Social Classes & Economic Disparity Sociology Teenagers Health
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Critic reviews

No Filters takes on all those thorny subjects on which young, middle-aged and older people cannot always see eye to eye — race, sexuality, gender, class, politics, climate change… A much-needed conversation between generations (Suzanne O'Sullivan)
I devoured this joint memoir… it is a warm and brave look at some of the mental health pressures our teenagers are dealing with (Alice O'Keeffe)
[An] unflinching memoir
Strikingly honest… an eye-opening account of the mental health crisis gripping young people
An insightful, if tough, read… This engaging book sheds light on the boggling number of mental health issues faced by today’s teenagers (Katharine Spurrier and James Carey-Douglas)
I loved this book and I know it will help many families during difficult times. No Filters is psychologically astute, totally honest, and beautifully written (JULIA SAMUEL)
No Filters is about what it means to be a teenage girl and what it means to parent them. It made me cry, laugh and hug my daughter extra tightly (BRYONY GORDON)
An incredibly brave, generous and important book, which challenged my thinking about parenting, yet also consoled me and made me feel less alone. Parents everywhere will be pressing it into one another’s hands (CLOVER STROUD)
Full of compassion, honesty, insight and hope... This is a small book full of heart that will help parents and their teenagers understand the need for patience and empathy in a world that seems determined to divide us from each other, even from those we were born to love (DEREK OWUSU)
Compassionate, honest, insightful and in places absolutely hilarious (MARK HADDON)
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No Filters by Christie Watson and Rowan Egberongbe is such a brilliant read. I loved the dual perspectives—they bring so much honesty and depth to the story. Christie’s wonderfully creative way of describing the world is as gorgeous as ever, and the whole book genuinely made me think about connection, identity, and how we really talk to each other. Funny, raw, and thought-provoking—it’s one I’ll be recommending to everyone!

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