Notes to Self

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In this dazzling debut, Emilie Pine speaks powerfully from her painful personal experience - on the emotional labour of caring for her alcoholic father, on the unspeakable grief of miscarriage and infertility, on the social taboos around menstrual blood and female pain, on the ways young women use their own bodies as a weapon against themselves. Courageous, humane and uncompromising, devastatingly poignant and yet never self-pitying, these pieces investigate and challenge society's assumptions around pain, strength, resilience and identity, ultimately embracing joy and hope in the business of living. Format: Paperback Published: in UK in 2019 Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Pages: 224 Language: English ISBN 13: 9780241986226 ISBN 10: 0241986222 Show more