Naturally Tan

Sep 22, 2024 4:19 PM

Author:Tan France,Tan France

Naturally Tan

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Naturally Tan written and read by Tan France.

In this heartfelt, funny, touching memoir, Tan France, star of Netflix’s Emmy award-winning Queer Eye, tells his origin story for the first time. With his trademark wit, humor, and radical compassion, Tan reveals what it was like to grow up gay in a traditional South Asian family, as one of the few people of colour in South Yorkshire. He illuminates his winding journey of coming of age, finding his voice (and style!), and happily marrying the love of his life - a Mormon cowboy from Salt Lake City.

Humorous and poignant personal essays are peppered with style advice, funny lists, and the truisms that Tan has accumulated in his journey from South Yorkshire to Netflix.

In Tan's own words, 'The book is meant to spread joy, personal acceptance, and most of all understanding. Each of us is living our own private journey, and the more we know about each other, the healthier and happier the world will be.'

Reviews

So good and moving. Great advice about marriage, faith and jeans

—— Zadie Smith

Frank and courageous ... blazes with light and honesty

—— The i

One of the few books I've read and thought “I get that”. Honest, joyful and relatable

—— Nadiya Hussain

Who hasn’t tried the French tuck? Peppered with fashion dos and don’t s, the memoir of arguably Doncaster’s most famous TV export is a must for any Queer Eye fan.

—— Evening Standard

Tan's book is moving, insightful, and hilare. Any bad stories about me are totally untrue, but the rest is brilliant. Best book of the millennium!

—— Jonathan Van Ness

Just when I thought I knew everything about Tan, he hits me with this. His story is so heartwarming, and wickedly funny.

—— Antoni Porowski

It's full of everything you’d hope to read from Netflix’s most popular fashion expert – styling tips, tongue-in-cheek quips and a candid, conversational dive into his personal life … It’s hard to imagine how readers wouldn’t be touched by at least one of the many stories Tan tells

—— Refinery29

A breezy and refreshingly candid look at the man behind the patterned shirts … a genuinely fascinating life story

—— Irish Times

Naturally Tan is a joy … he doesn’t shy away from topics of homophobia, racism and mental health, and how they’ve touched his life and influenced his decisions. Laugh-out-loud funny, sometimes blunt and always honest, reading Naturally Tan is like hanging out with Tan himself … [it will] inspire anyone wondering how to make their voice heard in a world that doesn’t always want to listen.

—— The Skinny

In her practical and care-full guide, Euny Hong shows us how nunchi – the beautiful, still practice of mindfully reading people – can help us to live a more considered life in our distracted, digitally disconnected culture. The Power of Nunchi is the self-help bible we need.

—— Sarah Wilson, New York Times bestselling author of FIRST, WE MAKE THE BEAST BEAUTIFUL

Euny Hong just taught me what I what I really want to be when I grow up: a nunchi ninja!

—— Zoe Chance, Yale School of Management

This book is full of Megan's tasty food that will take care of your body and mind

—— The Happy Pears

You present all this information in a really accessible way, which is why everyone loves you so much

—— Giovanna Fletcher, Happy Mum, Happy Baby podcast

I'm a huge admirer of Orsola and her work. I love this book's mindful approach to looking after our clothes, giving us the tools to love them for longer and show respect to the people who made them

—— Venetia La Manna 'Slow fashion campaigner, broadcaster and co-founder of Remember Who Made Them'

Hands down Academic Couture. Loved Clothes Last is a beautifully constructed and eloquently written masterpiece. Orsola weaves the importance of the cultural influence of the fashion industry, how it's destroyed us and how it can save us with the economic and environmental impact on people and planet, the beauty of buttons and how to darn a sock, she successfully interlaces "why we wear" with "why we should care

—— Patrick Duffy

Orsola represents both radical grace and graceful radicalness. This book is a super inspiring how to guide for all of us that want to emulate her

—— Alice Jay, activist and conservationist

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