Nobody Asked For This

A beautiful poetry collection bringing together the collected works of bestselling poet Charly Cox for the very first time with new and exclusive material.

Nobody asked for this

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Nobody asked for this

Charly Cox lays bare the last decade of her life.

In this anthology of poetry, combining her bestselling collections She Must Be Mad and Validate Me, and with 70 new poems and handwritten annotations, she paints a complex picture of the formative experiences of womanhood and living with Bipolar II disorder.

From first loves, to lost loves, to the dark humour of mental illness, Nobody Asked For This is an intimate and unflinchingly honest exploration of growing up in the 21st century.

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

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.