THE EXTRAORDINARY 1 BESTSELLER Fiercely feminist fascinating. I have recommended this to several people. And Im doing the same here Sunday Times Do not read this book in public it will make you cry Anne EnrightI am afraid of being the disruptive woman. And of not being disruptive enough. I am afraid. But I am doing it anyway.In this dazzling debut Emilie Pine speaks to the business of living as a woman in the 21st century its extraordinary pain and its extraordinary joy. Courageous humane and uncompromising she writes with radical honesty on birth and death on the grief of infertility on caring for her alcoholic father on taboos around female bodies and female pain on sexual violence and violence against the self. Devastatingly poignant and profoundly wise and joyful against the odds Notes to Self offers a portrait not just of its author but of a whole generation.Unsparing formidable raw. The kind of book you want to give everyone Irish TimesComplex accessible thoughtful. You will love these essays Pandora Sykes The High LowEvery line pulses with the pain and joy and complexity of an extraordinary life Mark OConnellRUTH ampamp PEN EMILIE PINES FIRST NOVEL IS OUT ON THE 5TH OF MAY 2022