'An oracle' DOLLY ALDERTON 'Articulate[s] a universal feminine wisdom with such ferocity
it feels like she's slapping the reader around the face' OBSERVER 'Equal parts
self-lacerating tender and witty' GLAMOUR 'Furious sharp funny honest' iPAPER On
the Waterstones Best Books of 2025 List Sometimes when I drink wine out of a globulous glass
with the thinnest of rims blocking out the fact it's billed at £14 a pop I think of baby
Becky. Hair so blonde it's neon white cheeks so chubby you can't see her eyes. What must
she think right now? She must think she made it. We're a great big adult person. That
was always the plan right? In her extraordinary debut with her trademark lyricism and
razor-sharp wit Ivor Novello Award-winning musician and artist Rebecca Lucy Taylor (aka SELF
ESTEEM) takes us on a journey through womanhood - whatever the hell that means. Through the
notes lyrics and biting observational prose for which Taylor has become renowned A
Complicated Woman offers itself up as a subversive anti-Bible for any woman who has ever
cracked under the weight of impossible expectation who has done unto others the damage that
has been wrought upon her and who has discovered deep within herself a resilience that
surprised her. A Complicated Woman is a cathartic scream of a book that gets to the heart of
being a woman in the world today and cements Taylor as one of the most exciting voices of her
generation.
