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Lobster by Hollie McNish

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Lobster

Author
Hollie McNish
Narrator
Hollie McNish
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Publish Date
14 March 2024
Run Time
9 hours 51 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Poetry / Poems, Memoirs
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What to expect

A brand-new collection from the award-winning poet, the companion piece to the Sunday Times bestselling Slug
'Funny, so smart and refreshingly honest' SARAH MILLICAN

'Hollie McNish's words always sweep me away' GIOVANNA FLETCHER

This book is written out of both hate and love for the world
As people, we are capable of both love and hate; amazement and disgust; fun and misery. So why do we live in a world that is constantly telling us to hate, both ourselves and others?

We are told to be repulsed by our own bodies, bodies that let us laugh and sweat and eat toast; to be ashamed of pleasure; to be embarrassed by fun.

In this collection, Hollie McNish brings her inimitable style to the question of what have been taught to hate, and if we might learn to love again.

'Never have we needed her more' STYLIST

'I've loved her work for years' JO BRAND

'She writes with honesty, conviction, humour and love' KAE TEMPEST

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

Critics Review

  • Hollie McNish's words always sweep me away. They're nostalgia mixed with the realisation of what we've been fed. Reminiscence leading to discoveries before the arrival of acceptance, healing and contentment. The perfect book about life to make you question what you think is true. I wish I could've read it sooner!

    Giovanna Fletcher

  • funny, so smart and refreshingly honest

    Sarah Millican

  • Poems to feed your soul: 480 pages of funny, wise and thought-provoking reflections on how to embrace ourselves and our lives, just as we are

    Stylist

  • I've loved her work for years

    Jo Brand

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  • One of the best poets we have . . . I love Hollie McNish

    Matt Haig

  • beautifully, quietly heartbreaking . . . this book is so good

    Musa Okwonga

  • She succeeded in me seeing the world in an entirely different way . . . Raw, Visceral

    Nihal Arthanayake

  • energising, fearless and joyful

    Sara Pascoe

  • She writes with honesty, conviction, humour and love

    Kae Tempest

  • Hollie and her poems are a bold, funny, raw, rebellious delight

    Liz Berry

  • One of the UK's top performance poets

    DLuxe

  • Inimitable . . . bold, direct, down-to-earth writing that fearlessly questions all the warped and wily ways we have been taught to hate

    Manx Independent

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Details
Author
Hollie McNish
Narrator
Hollie McNish
Duration
9 hours 51 minutes
Release Date
14 March 2024
ISBN
9781405548397
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Genre
Poetry / Poems, Memoirs

Synopsis

A brand-new collection from the award-winning poet, the companion piece to the Sunday Times bestselling Slug'Funny, so smart and refreshingly honest' SARAH MILLICAN'Hollie McNish's words always sweep me away' GIOVANNA FLETCHERThis book is written out of both hate and love for the worldAs people, we are capable of both love and hate; amazement and disgust; fun and misery. So why do we live in a world that is constantly telling us to hate, both ourselves and others? We are told to be repulsed by our own bodies, bodies that let us laugh and sweat and eat toast; to be ashamed of pleasure; to be embarrassed by fun. In this collection, Hollie McNish brings her inimitable style to the question of what have been taught to hate, and if we might learn to love again.'Never have we needed her more' STYLIST'I've loved her work for years' JO BRAND'She writes with honesty, conviction, humour and love' KAE TEMPESTPLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

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