THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - A SUNDAY TIMES FILM & TV BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Razor-sharp
and as funny as I May Destroy You ... A gifted writer' Sunday Times 'A remarkable talent'
Guardian 'A perfect truth-teller of our time' ELLE 'Leaps off the page' Observer 'Comic and
devastating' New York Times 'A magnificent thinker' gal-dem 'A must-read' Metro 'Your self-help
bible' Sunday Times ***A BEST AUTUMN READ in Vogue Vulture Time Magazine Observer
Entertainment Weekly Bustle and LitHub *** ______________________________________________ From
the brilliant mind of the creator and star of I May Destroy You and Chewing Gum comes a
passionate declaration against fitting in. 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 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. 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. Misfits 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.
