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In this sensational agenda-setting début, Michaela Coel, BAFTA-winning actor and writer of breakout series I May Destroy You and Chewing Gum, makes a compelling case for radical honesty.

This timely, necessary book is a rousing coming-to-power manifesto dedicated to anyone who has ever worried about fitting in. A powerful manifesto on how speaking your truth and owning your differences can transform your life. Misfits is a triumphant call for honesty, empathy and inclusion. 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. By embracing our differences, she says, we can transform our lives.

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. Building on this speech, Misfits immerses listeners in her deeply personal vision through powerful allegory and anecdotes - from her East London upbringing to her discovery of theatre and love for storytelling. But in the end, the person most impacted was Coel herself.

Michaela Coel's MacTaggart Lecture touched a lot of people with her striking revelations about race, class and gender. From the brilliant mind of the creator and star of I May Destroy You and Chewing Gum comes a passionate declaration against fitting in. A personal and powerful book about the life-changing power of transparency. A Vogue, Vulture, Time Magazine, Observer and LitHub BEST AUTUMN BOOKįrom the brilliant mind of the creator and star of I May Destroy You and Chewing Gum comes a passionate declaration against fitting in. The ground-breaking much-awaited debut by leading British star Michaela Coel.