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Not All Heroes Wear Capes
Not All Heroes Wear Capes
Oct 6, 2024 8:22 PM

Author:Jono Lancaster,Jono Lancaster

Not All Heroes Wear Capes

Brought to you by Penguin.

''My appearance hasn't changed, but my outlook on life and attitude towards it has.

Finding self-acceptance hasn't always been easy. I was abandoned at birth with a facial difference, and as I got older, I began to hate my face and the world I lived in.

Gradually, through trial and error, random moments with strangers, and some tragic haircuts, I've found self-love and happiness.

This book is the story of how I found my way out of difficult times, and how you can do the same.'

Jono Lancaster was born with Treacher Collins Syndrome - a condition that affects facial appearence - and at only two weeks old, he found himself in foster care. In his remarkable story, Jono shares the highs and lows of his journey and how he turned his differences into his greatest strengths.

Inspirational, empowering and moving - this is an extraordinary memoir with a powerful message: you are strong enough to become your own hero. (Cape optional.)

©2023 Jonathan Lancaster (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Reviews

'An extraordinary story of transformation and inner strength'

—— Katie Piper

'Well worth reading: a tale of real heroism and obstacles overcome'

—— THE MAIL ON SUNDAY

'Truly remarkable and so helpful'

—— Fearne Cotton

'Powerful and warming, a genuine guide to help you learn and discover yourself'

—— Rhiannon Lambert, Registered Nutritionist and Sunday Times Bestselling Author

A great book for young people, and even their parents

—— Graham Norton

This chap is the expert [. . .] so it was a total treat to pick his brains

—— Fearne Cotton

I feel that the lessons you're sharing, the wisdom that you're sharing, [I feel] has relevance for all of us, whether football fans or non-football fans. And that's because these are some quite core lessons for life[...] My ten year old son has been reading your book [...] I see him in bed at night flicking through. It was such an honour to speak with Gareth and he's certainly reignited my love of the beautiful game... When we come together in a positive way over sport, it has the potential to change the world.

—— Dr Rangan Chatterjee

Gareth Southgate's motivating book...features a foreword by Prince Charles, morale-boosting headings and lots of bullet points

—— Best self-care books for 2021 , Independent

The book is a really easy read, full of morale-boosting headings and bullet points about how what doesn't kill you makes you stronger [...] it's a wonderfully positive attitude for young people to aspire to as they emerge into an uncertain future.

—— Expert Reviews

This astonishingly brave, deeply important and emboldening book offers hope and encouragement for women to find freedom and solace in the joyous expanse of the natural world

—— HELEN CARR, author of What is History, Now?

A stunning, raw and powerful book - about grief and putting ourselves back together, about freedom and the fight for it, and about strength and the hunger to test it

—— TIFFANY WATT-SMITH, author of The Book of Human Emotions

Brave, brilliant and quietly furious, In Her Nature makes a powerful, original case for women claiming space

—— VICTORIA SMITH, author of Hags

Wonderfully well researched, and candidly honest, Hewitt openly discusses topics which are often shied away from… this book is thought provoking and compelling

—— Emily Coates , The Professional Mountaineer

In her Nature reanimates the stories of the past to reveal, brilliantly, the conditions through which women so often have to battle in the present... [it] will make you want to run, and to experience something of the hard-won emotional and physical freedom that Hewitt's prose so movingly evokes

—— DAISY HAY, author of Dinner With Joseph Johnson

A powerful account of women's strengths and achievements in the mountains

—— ANNA FLEMING, author of Time on Rock

A life-affirming book about the thrill of exploring the great outdoors, asking why so many women are excluded from running, hiking and mountaineering. It confronts the obstacles we face every day, including violence, assault and the general assumption that we don't belong here; but In Her Nature proves we have a right to run free

—— NATASHA CARTHEW, author of Undercurrent

An urgent, beautifully written and fiercely important book

—— HELEN CASTOR, author of She-Wolves

With intimate attention and in beautiful prose, IN HER NATURE moves deftly between the inner life and the great outdoors. Rachel Hewitt shows that not only do women have a history as runners, climbers and adventurers; we also have a right to the outdoors that is as crucial - and fragile - today as it ever was

—— SARAH DITUM

A vital feminist memoir of life outdoors, underpinned by the depth of historical knowledge that only a true scholar can bring

—— KATE MALTBY

An extraordinarily compelling book that left me seeing with fresh eyes. Blending expert historical storytelling with piercing memoir, Rachel Hewitt leads the reader over moors and mountains on a grand tour of grief, solitude, camaraderie, and women's long struggle to claim the freedom of the outdoors

—— OLIVER BURKEMAN, author of Four Thousand Weeks

A spectacular achievement... It's beautiful, deeply researched and eye-opening

—— Critic
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