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Not the Type

Finding your place in the real world

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**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**

'You can reinvent yourself, you can change, you can grow, you can regress, you can be any number of things at any particular time. Please give yourself permission to do that, and be equally as open-minded to others who choose to do the same. Because perhaps, with just a little more compassion and acceptance, we won't need to fit in to feel that we belong.'

Camilla Thurlow came second on Love Island in 2017. More recently, she impressed viewers in Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins. But that's not the most interesting part . . .

Camilla can do something that none of her fellow contestants can do: find, neutralise and destroy the landmines that threaten the lives and livelihoods of so many people in the world's former war zones, and which make their land too dangerous to be worked.

This is at once a memoir of an extraordinary life, and a script for living one's life to the full. Camilla Thurlow is a highly independent woman whose thoughts and experiences will resonate with anyone seeking meaning in a world where women are too often discounted, or who frequently feel alienated amid the frenzy of contemporary life.

This is a book about courage - not just the courage to go out and deal with a lethal threat in some of the world's most dangerous and inhospitable places, but the courage to confront one's own fears and anxieties, and to be oneself in what too often seems an inhospitable world.

Not the Type will inspire a whole generation to dare the seemingly impossible. Although often an engaging reflection on life, landmines and Love Island, this is also a book about learning to confront one's own anxieties in a world dominated by celebrity culture and social media - and on being a woman in what is still too often a man's world.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2020 Camilla Thurlow (P)2020 Bonnier Books UK
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I don’t know quite how to explain how much I understood this book and how relatable I found it. The things I stay awake at night dreading and wetting about, the way I feel awkward, the way I feel believe see me. I don’t feel alone in this anymore, I can 100% relate to Camilla on this front. I wish I had even a year of the fascinating life she has led so far. I found it enlightening, informative and harrowing in places. I’m really glad she wrote this book, there’s so much more I want to learn and how I can help the world. I feel I need to stop writing or I’ll keep going into the morning. Please buy this audiobook, it’s amazing

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Beautifully written and read, honest and incredibly thought provoking. This is a book that will stay with me for a long time.

Wonderful

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A fabulous insight into Camilla's life. I feel totally inspired and humbled. It's a must read!

Fascinating!

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Really great read, so interesting to find out about her work at Halo I'm such detail, and then have a little bit of Love Island too. Loved how she spoke at length about mental health also, coming from someone who suffers with anxiety, I really appreciated it.

Definitely Worth A Read!

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loved listening to her book it was eye opening and educational. Well done 👏

such an interesting beautiful woman.

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