In 2017 she won the MIND Making A Difference Award for her work in changing the perception of mental health in the media. In this stunning retelling of Rapunzel, Barb must learn that she is so much more than her hair and that there is no such thing as a happy ending.

When their relationship starts to fall apart under all the pressure, Mel finds herself feeling alone with the impossible dilemma of the Little Bang growing inside her.One who isn’t confined to her bedroom on the 12th floor of the tower-block flat she shares with her aunt making content. There is a lot to really enjoy in this story and there is great energy to the writing, as well as some fine characterization' - Peter James, award-winning and no. She gets out her mirrors and combs for a video and sees it … a bald patch the size of a ten pence coin, slap bang in the middle of her head. At its core is the message all teens need to read: you are good enough, and your looks are not your sum total as a person (neither is your social media following).

I’ve since learnt that this is a very common reaction to stress, but at the time I just thought I was a freak.She is the presenter of the Mad World podcast and in 2016 she founded Mental Health Mates, now a global peer support network which encourages people with mental health issues to connect and get out of the house. Mel and Sid are determined to do this together, but they soon discover that pregnancy is totally different for boys and girls. I understand that it’s meant to be part of a wider narrative about stress and mental health in young people.

Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives. Friendless and lonely, living on the upper floors of a tower block with her aunt, thanks to her hair - the fetishized focus of her social media channel - Barb has hundreds of thousands of online “friends”. They hope to find the answers they seek, while making new friends, learning new concepts, and experiencing the entropic nature of the universe. This story skillfully and sensitively manages the emotional debate over the pro's and con's of babies and abortions, not always predictable, and very relatable. It’s not that the way alopecia is discussed here is bad, which makes sense given Bryony Gordon’s own experiences.Introducing the YA fiction debut from bestselling author and journalist Bryony Gordon in a modern twist on Rapunzel and one girl's quest to find a different sort of happy ever after. One who isn't confined to her bedroom on the 12th floor of the tower-block flat she shares with her aunt making content. Bryony Gordon is a British journalist, award-winning mental health campaigner and the bestselling author of various books on mental health, including Mad Girl and Glorious Rock Bottom.

Since the day she was born, Barb’s glorious hair has defined her existence, and the same is true as she turns sixteen. A note from Bryony Gordon: ‘Let Down Your Hair is my very first novel and is based on my own experiences – of desperately attempting to develop self-esteem, of getting lost in the madness of social media and of losing my hair. She is the author of the bestselling The Wrong Knickers plus The Sunday Times Number One bestsellers You Got This and Mad Girl which were both nominated for British Book Awards. In the words of Jess, her former best friend, “you’re nothing without your hair”, and Barb believes it.

It just spends so much time talking about the world of social media influencers that the alopecia elements get shoved in at the end. And I very much enjoyed attempting to solve the case with Pip (who I now want to be my best friend). A bittersweet Northern Irish romance that takes a new look at teen pregnancy, the magic and mess of first relationships, and a young woman's right to choose her own future. Through Zal Barb learns to make her channel accessible, and discovers “there was a whole other world out there…a world that was richer and greater and far more sympathetic than the one she had witnessed during her short time with Spark Enterprises. In this stunning retelling of Rapunzel, Barb must learn that she is so much more than her hair and that there is no such thing as a happy ending .