Bryony Gordon is an exceptional, compassionate writer. In the highly anticipated follow-up to her SUNDAY TIMES bestseller, MAD GIRL, Bryony shares her experiences with binge eating disorder, sobriety, perimenopause, and OCD. Ten years after first writing about her own experiences with mental illness, she continues to receive messages about the impact she has on people. Now, being in the perimenopause period and a new phase of her life, as a parent of an almost teenager, what has she learned and how has her view on mental health changed so radically? After the greatest tragedy of our lives - a global pandemic - existing in a state of permanent crisis has become our new normal. From exhaustion and binge eating to living with fluctuating hormones and the endless battle to stay sober, Bryony begins to question whether she understood mental illness correctly from the start. Is it just a chemical imbalance or a natural reaction of the mind saying something is wrong?

Mad Woman explores the hardest lessons she has learned over the past ten years - that our concept of what makes a happy life is what makes us so sad. Bestselling author Bryony Gordon has no fear of writing with her characteristic blend of compassion, honesty, and humor about her personal challenges and demons, which means her books and journalism have deeply affected readers. Founder of the mental health charity, Mental Health Mates, which has become a large online community.

“A deeply reassuring necessary read” - Sunday Independent

“Raw and honest” - Telegraph

“Bryony writes with such entertaining and daring honesty about mental illness... it really helps people deal with their own issues. Her writing has helped me in the past and this will be another success” - Matt Haig

“A stunningly honest book” - Daily Mail

“Gordon injects lightness into the darkness as she recounts her relapse into OCD and subsequent steps to recovery” - Red Magazine