I’m Not as Well as I Thought I Was

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”One of the most powerful books of the year” Daily Mail

”Nobody can make the serious funny and the funny serious quite like Ruby.” – Alastair Campbell

Dear Reader,

Checking into a mental clinic wasn”t exactly on my radar in 2022. Writing about it wasn”t either. But here we are.

I spent a lifetime trying to create a ”front” to give everyone the illusion that all is well. It wasn”t, and it isn”t. Now I look back and I think, ”what the f*ck was that all about?”

I began the book trying to find meaning by going on various, life-changing journeys, I ended up in a mental clinic; obviously things didn”t work out the way I expected. This is the story of what happened after the mental car crash . . . From then on, the journey had to turn inward. It turns out I wasn”t looking for meaning, I was looking for home.

I”m not a fiction writer. I can”t fake it. I could say I rode into the sunset, but life isn”t like that unless you”re a cowboy. Truth is I”m not as well as I thought I was.

These days, trying to stay sane in a completely chaotic world makes life incredibly difficult. For those readers who are deep in the darkness of mental illness, I hope my book makes you feel less alone.

Take care, love,
Ruby x

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”If you buy only one book this year, make it this one.” – Joanna Lumley

”A true tour de force. We”re all a little messed up in our own ways, but we should all strive to be as fabulously fearless as Ruby.” – Fearne Cotton

As seen on Channel 5 Castaway

Sunday Times bestseller, May 2023