Life is Sad and Beautiful: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

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Hussain's debut poetry collection will invite listeners on his journey through depression and grief, and out the other side to a better place - there will be joy, hope, tears and laughter—the emotions that make up the fabric of human experience.

Dignitaries, major brands and broadcasters seek him out to articulate the mental health struggles our world is facing. Hotjar sets this cookie to know whether a user is included in the data sampling defined by the site's pageview limit.

The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. Supporting these are friends and family whose patience, acceptance, devotion and love may be unremarked upon but is ever-present. The lower rating isn't about how I connected with the emotion, but more about how I connected with the words in the majority of the poems. Hussain Manawer is a globally acclaimed Poet, Mental Health Advocate and Producer - who was born in Newham and shortly after grew up in Ilford, Essex. THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER **THE DEBUT POETRY COLLECTION FROM THE ORIGINAL MUMMY'S BOY, HUSSAIN MANAWER.

In it, Freddie captivates the audience from the settings of a school classroom, giving a powerful performance sparking hope and reigniting nostalgia. Some terminology that may be used in this description includes: Jacket Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. I struggle a lot with my mental health and this has given me confidence and more of a reason to continue down the road of recovery. The first chapter, That Boy Just Wants To Be Heard, starts off with a relatable youthful recollection, before being followed by poems like Dream, The Playground and Leaving High School.

To mark the end of the 2023 GCSE season, we are sharing a poem from that book that reflects on the end of school, brought to life by young actor Freddie Pearson. Chapter four, Destroying Depression, gives glimmers of light out of darkness and chapter five, The Beauty And The Peace, offers hope with poems like Hey Little Man. In 2018 Prime Minister Theresa May went on to award him the Point of Light award, recognising his outstanding efforts in helping the country’s mental health crisis.

More than a decade later, Hussain’s debut collection Life Is Sad And Beautiful sold more than ten thousand copies within the first few months of its release, entering the Sunday Times charts upon publication, making him the first British Pakistani poet to hold such a position. Shelf Wear Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf.A horrific mine collapse in the Welsh town of Aberfan has taken an awful toll, with many children amongst the dead. ABOUT HUSSAIN:Hussain Manawer is a globally acclaimed Poet, Mental Health Advocate and Producer - who was born in Newham and shortly after grew up in Ilford, Essex. Hussain is a poet and mental health campaigner who has channelled his grief at the loss of his mother into this heartbreaking and lyrical volume that consoles as much as it challenges. The poetry collection, memoir and self-help book rolled into one is a beautifully structured masterpiece that will appeal to all ages.