Bryony Gordon to examine mental illness in new Headline book

Headline has signed two more books by author and Daily Telegraph columnist Bryony Gordon, including one looking at mental illness. Gordon is the author of The Wrong Knickers, also from Headline and about Gordon’s 20s, which has sold 45,225 copies through Nielsen BookScan to date. Her first new book, Mad Girl, will look at Gordon’s struggles with OCD, bulimia and depression, with the author tackling the subjects with her “trademark humour, warmth and eye watering honesty”. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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