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These Are the Words by Nikita Gill

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These Are the Words

Author
Nikita Gill
Narrator
Nikita Gill
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Publish Date
18 August 2022
Run Time
2 hours 16 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Children’s / Teenage: Poetry / poems, Children’s / Teenage: Gift and novelty books / items, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Body and health, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: LGBTQIA+, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Self-awareness and self-esteem, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Families and family members, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Physical and mental health conditions, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Racism and anti-racism, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Diversity, equality, equity and inclusion, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: First / new experiences and life changes
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What to expect

From international poetry sensation Nikita Gill comes her highly anticipated YA debut These Are the Words: an empowering, feminist and beautiful poetry collection exploring all the things Nikita wished someone had told her when she was younger.

Reclaim your agency. Discover your power. Find the words.

Taking you on a journey through the seasons of the soul, in this collection Nikita gives you the words to help heal from your first breakup, to celebrate finding your family, to understand first love, to express your anger and your joy, to fight for what you believe in and to help you break some rules to be your truest self.

Read by Nikita herself and featuring seasonal astrological poetry, this collection is an achingly beautiful, stunningly warm and fearless expression of truth from one of the most influential and well-known voices in modern poetry.

REMINDER FOR HEALING
You do not owe anyone your forgiveness.
The trees do not apologize to the wind that uproots them.
The rocks do not apologize to the erosion by the sea.
The stars do not apologize to the universe
when they are writhing and dying out.
And you are not obligated to forgive anyone
but yourself.

Critics Review

  • An empowering, heartbreaking and fierce collection that will resonate with many a reader.

    Manjeet Mann, award-winning author of Run, Rebel

  • perfectly paint(s) a portrait of life

    Eastern Eye

  • the ointment to soothe the turmoil of change.

    The Scotsman

  • an empowering collection of feminist poems teens can dip in and out of whenever they want.

    The Irish Times

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  • a great choice for any young person with an interest in poetry or creative writing

    The Irish Independent

  • (An) empowering collection of feminist poems

    The Press

  • a book that ignites passion, soothes turmoil and offers a warm voice of wisdom.

    The Glasgow Herald

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Details
Author
Nikita Gill
Narrator
Nikita Gill
Duration
2 hours 16 minutes
Release Date
18 August 2022
ISBN
9781529083613
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Genre
Children’s / Teenage: Poetry / poems, Children’s / Teenage: Gift and novelty books / items, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Body and health, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: LGBTQIA+, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Self-awareness and self-esteem, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Families and family members, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Physical and mental health conditions, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Racism and anti-racism, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Diversity, equality, equity and inclusion, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: First / new experiences and life changes

Synopsis

From international poetry sensation Nikita Gill comes her highly anticipated YA debut These Are the Words: an empowering, feminist and beautiful poetry collection exploring all the things Nikita wished someone had told her when she was younger.Reclaim your agency. Discover your power. Find the words.Taking you on a journey through the seasons of the soul, in this collection Nikita gives you the words to help heal from your first breakup, to celebrate finding your family, to understand first love, to express your anger and your joy, to fight for what you believe in and to help you break some rules to be your truest self.Read by Nikita herself and featuring seasonal astrological poetry, this collection is an achingly beautiful, stunningly warm and fearless expression of truth from one of the most influential and well-known voices in modern poetry.REMINDER FOR HEALINGYou do not owe anyone your forgiveness.The trees do not apologize to the wind that uproots them.The rocks do not apologize to the erosion by the sea.The stars do not apologize to the universewhen they are writhing and dying out.And you are not obligated to forgive anyonebut yourself.

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