The text is razor-sharp and as funny as I May Destroy You Rosie Kinchen, Sunday Times Coel is all about letting go of fear or, at least, of using it to find your way to something better Miranda Sawyer, ObserverĪstute.

codifies her efforts to achieve transparency in her work and in her life Dave Itzkoff, New York TimesĬoel makes her literary debut with a slim manifesto written with the same perfect balance of sentiment, insight and wit that made viewers fall in love with her on the screen Time magazine Coel's is a voice that jumps off the page, and it's one we're lucky to have applied to whichever story she chooses to tell Vogueīy turns wryly comic and devastating. Her narrative power transcends the small screen. Prepare for this to be your self-help bible of 2021 Sunday Times A call-to-arms book filled with life lessons. This timely, necessary book is a rousing coming-to-power manifesto dedicated to anyone who has ever worried about fitting in. Misfits is a triumphant call for honesty, empathy and inclusion. 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. By embracing our differences, she says, we can transform our lives. 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. 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. But in the end, the person most impacted was Coel herself. Michaela Coel's MacTaggart Lecture touched a lot of people with her striking revelations about race, class and gender. A personal and powerful book about the life-changing power of transparency.įrom the brilliant mind of the creator and star of I May Destroy You and Chewing Gum comes a passionate declaration against fitting in.

The ground-breaking much-awaited debut by leading British star Michaela Coel.

Misfits by Michaela Coel