Publishing as a standalone collection for the first time, and featuring new, never-before-published poems

There will come a time where everything falls apart around you and somehow you are still there. Nobody asked for this, did they?

Charly Cox is not at all where she thought she would be, yet to be somewhere at all - to have reached thirty - is, in itself, miraculous.

In this stunning collection, including new, never-before-published poems, Charly Cox offers up her inimitable voice and perspective on breaking up and breaking down; on growing up and staying alive, and of love in all its different guises.

Intimate, unflinching and profoundly honest, these poems sing with the complicated joy of life, and of continuing to live, despite everything.

The unflinchingly honest and relatable collection featuring poems on falling in and out of love, of growing up and staying alive - new and updated for 2025

About the Author

Charly Cox (she/her) is a poet and activist. Her first book, She Must Be Mad, was the bestselling debut collection of 2018 and her second book Validate Me received praise from ELLE, Sunday Times STYLE and Elizabeth Day. Charly is a Forbes 30 under 30, an ambassador for mental health research charity MQ and listed by ELLE Magazine as one of their 'power players' to watch.

Reviews

'Honest, relatable, and thought provoking.' Stylist magazine

'Funny and heartfelt and brilliant.' Sunday Times STYLE

'Relatable and funny.' ELLE

'Encapsulates what it is to be a young woman.' Pandora Sykes

'Divine.' Cecelia Ahern

Book Information
ISBN 9780008639839
Author Charly Cox
Format Paperback
Page Count 112
Imprint HQ
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Weight(grams) 100g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 7mm