Misfits

Coel, Michaela

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Michaela Coel, BAFTA-winning actor and writer of breakout series ‘I May Destroy You’ and ‘Chewing Gum’, makes a compelling case for radical honesty. Drawing on her unflinching Edinburgh Festival MacTaggart lecture, ‘Misfits’ recounts deeply personal anecdotes from her life and work to argue for greater transparency. With insight and wit, it lays bare her journey to reclaiming her creativity and power, inviting readers to reflect on theirs.

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Publish Date: 23/02/2023

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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER – A SUNDAY TIMES FILM & TV BOOK OF THE YEAR

Razor-sharp and as funny as I May Destroy You A gifted writerSunday Times | ‘A remarkable talentGuardian | ‘A perfect truth-teller of our time’ ELLE | ‘Leaps off the page’ Observer | ‘Comic and devastating’ New York Times | ‘A magnificent thinkergal-dem | ‘A must-readMetro | ‘Your self-help bibleSunday Times

***A BEST AUTUMN READ in Vogue, Vulture, Time Magazine, Observer, Entertainment Weekly, Bustle and LitHub ***
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From the brilliant mind of the creator and star of I May Destroy You and Chewing Gum comes a passionate declaration against fitting in.

Michaela Coel’s MacTaggart Lecture touched a lot of people with her striking revelations about race, class and gender. But in the end, the person most impacted was Coel herself. Building on this speech, Misfits immerses readers in her deeply personal vision through powerful allegory and anecdotes – from her East London upbringing to her discovery of theatre and love for storytelling.

With inspiring insight and wit, she tells of her reckoning with trauma and metamorphosis into a champion for herself, inclusivity and radical honesty, and in telling her journey invites us to reflect on our own. By embracing our differences, she says, we can transform our lives. An artist to her core, Coel holds up the path of the creative as an emblem of our need to regard one another with care and respect – and transparency.

Misfits is a triumphant call for honesty, empathy and inclusion. This timely, necessary book is a rousing coming-to-power manifesto dedicated to anyone who has ever worried about fitting in.

Additional information

Weight 68 g
Dimensions 160 × 110 × 7 mm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

xi, 112

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

158.2 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K