Emma Forrest is the author of three novels and editor of the nonfiction essay collection Damage Control. Raised in London, she now lives in Los Angeles, where she is a screenwriter.
“Your Voice in My Head is part of a literary tradition that began
long before Susanna Kaysen’s girlhood was interrupted or Elizabeth
Wurtzel got her first Prozac prescription. . . [Forrest is]
talented . . . through these words we share her insight: there’s
something to be said for occasionally listening to a voice other
than your own.” —The New York Times Book Review
“Her psychiatrist dies, then her lover leaves. A memoir about
finding strength when you least expect to.” —People Magazine
“[An] admirably airy and riveting book…Emma Forrest is such a
winning, smart writer…”—Nick Hornby, The Believer
“If you’re reading one memoir this year, probably make it Emma
Forrest’s Your Voice in My Head.” —Jewcy
“A brilliantly realized memoir of surprise and startling beauty.”
—Kirkus Reviews (starred)
“Emma Forrest is an incredibly gifted writer, who crafted the
living daylights out of every sentence in this unforgettable
memoir. I can’t remember the last time I ever read such a
blistering, transfixing story of obsession, heartbreak and slow,
stubborn healing.” —Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray,
Love
“Emma Forrest is as hilarious as she is wise. And did I mention
generous? Unlike most memoirs this is not merely a song of oneself,
but a debt of gratitude repaid to an incredible man—her
psychiatrist. Your Voice In My Head is touching, funny, and very
real.” —Gary Shteyngart, author of Super Sad True Love Story
“I read Your Voice in My Head in one sitting, by turns laughing out
loud, gasping with recognition, and fighting to hold back tears—and
wondering, of course, who is Emma Forrest and how is she able to
write with such enormous wit and bravery about subjects most folks
can’t muster the courage to bring up in conversation: suicide,
self-loathing, loneliness, depression, mania, and, most of all,
love inexplicably lost.” —Joanna Smith Rakoff, author of A
Fortunate Age
“Forrest’s insightful and snappily-written account of her lengthy
battles against depression, self-harm, damaging relationships, and
potato-based fried snacks is heartfelt and touching and
surprisingly funny.” —Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine,
Dazed and Confused
“A bittersweet love letter . . . It is a brilliant read.” —Sunday
Times Style Magazine
“[Your Voice in My Head] dances along with all the lyrical panache
of a novel . . . Her prose is smart and frequently witty and there
are echoes of early Lorrie Moore.” —Julie Myerson, The Observer
“Forrest is stylish and evocative; whether she is sick and listless
in New York or sex-dipped and radiantly happy in Los Angeles, she
writes it cool, clever, and ravaging, in very few strokes. . . Her
story is crushing and complicated, and entirely common . . . It's
gorgeous.” —The Globe and Mail
“Your Voice in My Head is every drink that’s ever started out sweet
then turned strong enough to sneak up on you and kick your ass to
the floor, or bed, or hell, or heaven.” —Dan Kennedy, author of
Loser Goes First, Rock On, and host of The Moth storytelling
podcast
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