Misfits

<p><b>THE INSTANT <i>SUNDAY TIMES</i> BESTSELLER - <i>A SUNDAY TIMES</i> FILM & TV BOOK OF THE YEAR</b><br><br>'<b>Razor-sharp</b> and as funny as <i>I May Destroy You</i> ...<b> A gifted writer</b>' <i>Sunday Times</i> | '<b>A remarkable talent</b>' <i>Guardian</i> | 'A <b>perfect truth-teller </b>of our time' <i>ELLE</i> | 'Leaps off the page' <i>Observer</i> | 'Comic and devastating' <i>New York Times </i>| '<b>A</b> <b>magnificent thinker</b>' <i>gal-dem </i>| 'A <b>must-read</b>' <i>Metro</i> | 'Your <b>self-help bible</b>' <i>Sunday Times</i><br><br><b>***A BEST AUTUMN READ in </b><b><i>Vogue, Vulture, Time Magazine</i>,<i> Observer, Entertainment Weekly, Bustle and LitHub</i> *</b><b>**</b><br><b>______________________________________________</b><br><b>From the brilliant mind of the creator and star of <i>I May Destroy You </i>and <i>Chewing Gum </i>comes a passionate declaration against fitting in.</b><br><br>Michaela Coel's MacTaggart Lecture touched a lot of people with her striking revelations about race, class and gender. But in the end, the person most impacted was Coel herself. Building on this speech, <i>Misfits </i>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.<br><br>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. By embracing our differences, she says, we can transform our lives. 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.<br><br><i>Misfits </i>is a triumphant call for honesty, empathy and inclusion. This timely, necessary book is a rousing coming-to-power manifesto dedicated to anyone who has ever worried about fitting in.</p> <p><b>THE INSTANT <i>SUNDAY TIMES</i> BESTSELLER - <i>A SUNDAY TIMES</i> FILM & TV BOOK OF THE YEAR</b><br><br>'<b>Razor-sharp</b> and as funny as <i>I May Destroy You</i> ...<b> A gifted writer</b>' <i>Sunday Times</i> | '<b>A remarkable talent</b>' <i>Guardian</i> | 'A <b>perfect truth-teller </b>of our time' <i>ELLE</i> | 'Leaps off the page' <i>Observer</i> | 'Comic and devastating' <i>New York Times </i>| '<b>A</b> <b>magnificent thinker</b>' <i>gal-dem </i>| 'A <b>must-read</b>' <i>Metro</i> | 'Your <b>self-help bible</b>' <i>Sunday Times</i><br><br><b>***A BEST AUTUMN READ in </b><b><i>Vogue, Vulture, Time Magazine</i>,<i> Observer, Entertainment Weekly, Bustle and LitHub</i> *</b><b>**</b><br><b>______________________________________________</b><br><b>From the brilliant mind of the creator and star of <i>I May Destroy You </i>and <i>Chewing Gum </i>comes a passionate declaration against fitting in.</b><br><br>Michaela Coel's MacTaggart Lecture touched a lot of people with her striking revelations about race, class and gender. But in the end, the person most impacted was Coel herself. Building on this speech, <i>Misfits </i>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.<br><br>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. By embracing our differences, she says, we can transform our lives. 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.<br><br><i>Misfits </i>is a triumphant call for honesty, empathy and inclusion. This timely, necessary book is a rousing coming-to-power manifesto dedicated to anyone who has ever worried about fitting in.</p>