{"product_id":"ten-things-i-hate-about-me-the-instant-sunday-times-bestseller","title":"Ten Things I Hate About Me: The instant Sunday Times bestseller","description":"Review\n\nYou have to buy this book. I mean it. It's very funny and sad and utterly true. It's a life-saver. And Joe Tracini is a magician. He wins in the end. And so will you ― Miriam Margolyes\n\nA remarkable book. The honesty is startling, and potent. IT IS UTTERLY NOT S**T' ― Dawn French\n\nA truly extraordinary book. Brave, beautiful and brilliant. Heartbreaking, harrowing and frequently hilarious. Joe Tracini travels to the horrible heart of his abominable illness and unflinchingly examines the misery it has heaped upon him and everyone around him. Incredibly, he emerges from the darkness with a timeless tale of love, hope and redemption that will be of immeasurable help to people facing the most destructive demons and, crucially, everyone who loves them. Please read this book. It will make the world a better place ― James O'Brien\n\nThis a searingly honest must read. Joe has wisdom, kindness and a deep understanding of mental health issues. He is also hilarious with a delicious sense of humour. His book will save lives and I cannot recommend it highly enough ― Lorraine Kelly\n\nJust holding this book will make you a better person ― Paddy McGuinness\n\n'I didn't know anything about BPD till I watched Joe's videos. He has a very dark side and a very funny side of himself. He tries to explain what your life is like when you essentially have a brain that's trying to kill you every day.' - Davina McCall\n\n'I loved its humour, compassion and deep honesty' - Katherine May\n\nProduct Description\n\n'This is a remarkable book. The honesty is startling and potent'\nDawn French\n\n'You have to buy this book. I mean it. It's very funny and sad and utterly true. It's a life-saver'\nMiriam Margolyes\n\nHi. I hope you're ok.\n\nMy name's Joe, and I have one job, every day: don't kill myself.\n\nI live with a complex mental illness called Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).\n\n15% of people with BPD die by suicide, and 40% try.\n\nI'm already in the 40%. My job is to keep out of the 15%.\n\nIn this book I want to try and explain what life is like when you have a brain that is essentially trying to murder you every day. It's a collection of the funny, sad and shocking stuff that has happened to me along the way.\n\nWriting this book has been the hardest thing I've ever done. It had to be dragged into the world, with my condition telling me that every single word, sentence and chapter was terrible and would make strangers walk up to me in the street and punch me in the face.\n\nBut I had run out of options. I'd done everything I 'd been told to do and I still thought about killing myself every day. So I wrote this book to save my life.\n\nBut if there is even the smallest chance that me telling you how I live with me helps you live with you; if it opens up a space for someone, somewhere to be more honest about their mental illness, it will have been worth it.\n\nPlease don't kill yourself.\n\nLove Joe xx\n\n'Please read this book. It will make the world a better place'\nJames O'Brien\n\n'This book will save lives'\nLorraine Kelly\n\n'Just holding this book will make you a better person'\nPaddy McGuinness\n\n'Truly ground-breaking...I gulped it down in one greedy go, crying and laughing as I went'\nBryony Gordon\n\n'Painfully honest but funny and very human'\nShaparak Khorsandi\n\n'I loved its humour, compassion and deep honesty'\nKatherine May\n\n'He tries to explain what your life is like when you essentially have a brain that's trying to kill you every day.'\nDavina McCall\n\nBook Description\n\nAn extraordinary, heartbreaking and hilarious memoir from comedian, actor and mental health activist Joe Tracini, on how to live your life with a voice in your head that tells you to kill yourself every day.\n\nAbout the Author\n\nJoe Tracini is an actor, author, presenter and comedian and British champion magician.\n\nHe's starred in many TV shows including Hollyoaks, Coming of Age and The Great Outdoors, and he's the host of the BAFTA winning 'The Dengineers'.\n\nHe's been acting like an idiot and talking about hi","brand":"smeikalbooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40391209910357,"sku":"9781398705937N","price":10.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/76b97dba-ceac-472a-8dfa-2c6ae28d7b0f.jpg?v=1666602294","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/products\/ten-things-i-hate-about-me-the-instant-sunday-times-bestseller","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}