Illuminated
- Author Melanie Sykes
- Narrator Melanie Sykes
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Run Time 8 hours and 43 minutes
- Format x-book®
- Genre Autobiography: arts and entertainment, Biography and non-fiction prose, Coping with ADHD, Coping with autism / Asperger’s, Family and health, Memoirs, Mixed heritage / mixed race groups or people, Relationships and families: advice and issues, Relationships: friends / peer groups, Separation and divorce: advice and issues, Society and Social Sciences.
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What to expect
All the things I left unsaid…
Melanie Sykes has been a face on our screens, a voice on our radios for nearly thirty years. As a presenter and broadcaster people turned to her for her humour, her honesty and insight. But between all the interviews and chat shows, is a life unseen, a story unsaid.
Her journey – from up north to down south, from Manchester to LA and via London, Paris and India, and through the eye of the storm of celebrity culture is a rollercoaster ride. Sex, drugs and rock and roll, certainly, but also brass bands and ice cream vans, broken hearts and healing adventures – a search not for fame but for freedom.
Her autism diagnosis in midlife has supercharged that journey – and means this isn’t a story just of breakdown, but of breakthrough. Funny, furious and gloriously frank, this is a book that lifts the lid on being a woman in the media, navigating relationships, and being a neurodivergent person speaking up in a neurotypical world. Illuminated is Melanie, in her own inimitable voice.
Critics Review
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‘Wonderful … a life worth telling’ Graham Norton
‘An amazing book … a fantastic read … brave, breathless and fun’ Chris Evans
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