![]() ![]() It also tackles the issue of whether or not to tell your friends about your mental health and this hit me hard as it was such a big thing for me in high school. It tells of her struggle with her mental health whilst in college and her overwhelming mission to be normal, to be like everyone else. Oh my God, I was so nervous about that presentation. “Oooh, I like my pens in a line, I’m so OCD. “…now people use the phrase OCD to describe minor personality quirks. ![]() The first book is told by Evie who has Generalised Anxiety Disorder and OCD, actual OCD not just wanting her pencils straight: It’s their way of a) reclaiming the word spinster and b) coming together to learn about feminism. ![]() They focus on three friends who are going to college and – no spoilers here – decide to form the Spinster Club. They would have helped me feel less alone at a time when I felt awful. These books gave me so much hope for young adults today, and also sad for my days as a mentally ill, feminist teenager who would have loved these books. ![]() The books can be read separately but there’s a lot to be gained from reading them in order, with Am I Normal Yet? first, then How Hard Can Love Be? and finally What’s A Girl Gotta Do?. For all I love ebooks, they aren’t ideal for intensely sunny days! I picked up these books as a three pack recently and they seemed perfect reading for the recent hot weather we’ve had here in the UK recently. ![]()
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