When You Lose It: Two voices. One true story. A mother and daughter on the edge. 'A very important subject' – ITV's This Morning
Jul 2022 · Hachette UK
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'Read this book. Then talk to your sons. It is essential reading' Jamie Theakston
'An extraordinary and important book. Read it immediately' Claudia Winkleman
'Superbly written, this deeply moving book underlines how truly precious mother-daughter relationships are, and never more so than in those teenage years' Gloria Hunniford
A gripping memoir of two battling narratives and a mother-daughter relationship stretched to its absolute limits.
Roxy was 13 years old when she was coerced then blackmailed into sending explicit photos, which were spread around her school. The shame led to self-loathing. The blame led to a psychotic breakdown. Roxy started hearing voices. Then she started seeing things...
What happens when your teenager starts to lose it, and then you lose each other? What happens when you can't tell your mother you desperately need help? And how can a family move past a devastating mental health crisis?
When You Lose It is a brutally honest true story, written from two perspectives, of consent, coercion and shattering consequences.
'An extraordinary and important book. Read it immediately' Claudia Winkleman
'Superbly written, this deeply moving book underlines how truly precious mother-daughter relationships are, and never more so than in those teenage years' Gloria Hunniford
A gripping memoir of two battling narratives and a mother-daughter relationship stretched to its absolute limits.
Roxy was 13 years old when she was coerced then blackmailed into sending explicit photos, which were spread around her school. The shame led to self-loathing. The blame led to a psychotic breakdown. Roxy started hearing voices. Then she started seeing things...
What happens when your teenager starts to lose it, and then you lose each other? What happens when you can't tell your mother you desperately need help? And how can a family move past a devastating mental health crisis?
When You Lose It is a brutally honest true story, written from two perspectives, of consent, coercion and shattering consequences.
About the author
Roxy Longworth was groomed, blackmailed, exploited and publicly humiliated by sixth form boys at 13. At 14, she began to self-harm, started hearing voices, suffered a psychotic break and was hospitalized. She came out of hospital and started the hellish climb to recovery which took years. She wrote a diary all the way through, even when imaginary people were telling her what to write. At 17 she started putting her diary entries together, having not said what had happened out loud to anybody, not even her mother. At 18, she finished school with three A*s in A-level maths, chemistry and biology.
Gay is the proud mother of 3 teenage daughters and the author of 12 books. She has been married for 24 years and has 2 dogs.
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