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How can we communicate when things are so painful? How can we connect when generational differences are extreme? How do parents and teenagers - and all of us - have real conversations?

When Rowan was sixteen, she only tolerated communication from her mother in the form of Snapchat. Desperate to be closer to her daughter, Christie sent daily selfies of her face superimposed onto a chicken nugget. It took serious illness for them to finally talk – and truly listen.

Rowan's mental health struggles revealed the chasm between their generations. They started being more honest with each other than they had ever been before: discussing identity, race and gender; opening up about disordered eating and self-harm; navigating the perils of social media.

In an age of polarisation, this is how a mother and daughter find humour in the things that divide them and become more hopeful about the future of our world.

A book for all parents and teenagers going through a tough time, for friends, grandparents, teachers and healthcare professionals who want to help, its bare honesty will have you laughing – and possibly crying – out loud as it shows that you are not alone.

'Psychologically astute, totally honest and beautifully written' JULIA SAMUEL
'Incredibly brave, generous and important' CLOVER STROUD
'It made me cry, laugh and hug my daughter extra tightly' BRYONY GORDON

© Christie Watson and Rowan Egberongbe 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025

Critics Review

No Filters takes on all those thorny subjects on which young, middle-aged and older people cannot always see eye to eye -- race, sexuality, gender, class, politics, climate change... A much-needed conversation between generations
The Times
I devoured this joint memoir... it is a warm and brave look at some of the mental health pressures our teenagers are dealing with
The Times
[An] unflinching memoir
Observer
Strikingly honest... an eye-opening account of the mental health crisis gripping young people
Daily Mail
An insightful, if tough, read... This engaging book sheds light on the boggling number of mental health issues faced by today's teenagers
MAIL ON SUNDAY **SUMMER READS**
I loved this book and I know it will help many families during difficult times. No Filters is psychologically astute, totally honest, and beautifully written
JULIA SAMUEL
No Filters is about what it means to be a teenage girl and what it means to parent them. It made me cry, laugh and hug my daughter extra tightly
BRYONY GORDON
An incredibly brave, generous and important book, which challenged my thinking about parenting, yet also consoled me and made me feel less alone. Parents everywhere will be pressing it into one another's hands
CLOVER STROUD
Full of compassion, honesty, insight and hope... This is a small book full of heart that will help parents and their teenagers understand the need for patience and empathy in a world that seems determined to divide us from each other, even from those we were born to love
DEREK OWUSU
Compassionate, honest, insightful and in places absolutely hilarious
MARK HADDON

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