NON-FICTION
Memoirs
A GIRL BEHIND DARK GLASSES by Jessica Taylor-Bearman
An amazing memoir about an extraordinary bedridden teenager
Out September 2026
Number 1 bestseller Amazon & Waterstones
Winner for Best Non-Fiction The People's Book Prize 2019
'A fascinating and moving account'
The London Magazine
From a darkened world, bound by four walls, a young woman called Jessica tells the tale of her battle against the M.E Monster. The severest form of a neuro immune disease called Myalgic Encephalomyelitis went to war with her at just 15 years old. From beneath her dark glasses, Jessica glimpses a world far different from the one she remembers as a teenage school girl. This true story follows her path as she ends up living in hospital for years with tubes keeping her alive. This harrowing story follows the highs and lows of the disease and being hospitalised, captured through her voice activated technology diary called ‘Bug’ that enables her to fulfil her dream of one day becoming an author. It provides a raw, real-time honesty to the story that would be impossible to capture in hindsight.
A GIRL IN ONE ROOM by Jessica Taylor-Bearman
An extraordinary memoir of a bed ridden young adult trapped in one room.
Out October 2026
Number 1 bestseller Amazon
'A Girl In One Room is such an incredibly eye-opening account of life with M.E, especially in its severest form'
Louise's Little Life
Part two of the number 1 bestselling book A Girl Behind Dark Glasses. Jessica returns home after four years in hospital to a world changed beyond recognition. Her friends have grown up and gone to university, her baby sister is now 16. Everyone has moved on, but her battle with the M.E. Monster is far from over. Jessica faces new challenges daily but she wants to experience life as a young adult, and refuses to let her M.E keep her in hospital for years again. Jessica wants to show the world that she is more than what they see... and this time they will see her.
A GIRL BEYOND CLOSED DOORS by Jessica Taylor-Bearman
An extraordinary memoir of a wife and mother with M.E.
Out November 2026
Winner for Best Achievement The People's Book Prize 2024
From the Number 1 bestselling author of A Girl Behind Dark Glasses and A Girl In One Room.
'A truly beautiful, poignant and authentic page turner that will keep you hooked through'
Goodreads
Part three of the number 1 bestselling series. After twelve years of being trapped in the world of one room by the M.E. Monster, Jessica's dreams start to come true. She's pregnant! But Jessica has to adjust to being a disabled mum in an inaccessible world and face the critics who doubt her abilities. Balancing parenthood and chronic illness, expectations versus reality, Jessica discovers alternative fairytale endings are possible...
TICKING OFF BREAST CANCER by Sara Liyanage
A practical guide to being diagnosed with breast cancer
Number 1 Amazon bestseller
Top 20 Waterstones bestseller
Finalist for The People's Book Prize 2019
'Ticking Off Breast Cancer is a candid, thoughtful account of the way Sara dealt with a breast cancer diagnosis. She is one impressive woman'
Victoria Derbyshire
Sara is a married forty-something mother of two and part-time lawyer in London, Sara managed her life by to-do list after to-do list. However, when breast cancer appeared on her list, Sara’s life as she previously knew it, was thrown upside down. Ticking Off Breast Cancer is a chronological narrative of Sara’s life from the day of her diagnosis and throughout treatment. It follows her as she deals with the physical, emotional and mental challenges thrown at her by cancer and provides an honest insight into the treatment given to a breast cancer patient together with the impact that this has on someone’s life. By sharing many of her to-do lists in the form of checklists at the end of each chapter, Ticking Off Breast Cancer provides thoughtful, helpful advice for every step of the way.