Overview
'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 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.
Full Product Details
Author: Rebecca Lucy Taylor
Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group
Imprint: BRAZEN
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 21.80cm
Weight: 0.420kg
ISBN: 9781914240652
ISBN 10: 1914240650
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 30 October 2025
Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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General
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Not yet available
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Reviews
Articulate(s) a universal, feminine wisdom with such ferocity it feels like she's slapping the reader around the face. * The Observer *
Author Information
As Self Esteem, Rebecca Taylor has given voice to the feelings of insecurity and misogyny-induced frustration whilst emboldening a whole new audience with powerful, truth-telling lyricism. Her second solo album, Prioritise Pleasure, received a raft of award nominations including the Mercury Prize, NME and BRIT Awards, and was crowned the Guardian and Sunday Times Culture's Album of the Year. Her latest album, A Complicated Woman (Polydor, 2025) charted at #5 in the UK and was presented on stage by Taylor and director Tom Scutt in a sell-out limited run at the Duke of York Theatre, to critical acclaim. Rebecca went on to receive the Visionary Award at the 2025 Ivor Novello Awards for her 'fearless, genre-defying songwriting that is reshaping the sound and substance of modern pop'. Her first book, also titled A Complicated Woman, will be released in October 2025.
