Validate Me, Charly Cox
Validate Me, Charly Cox
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Validate Me

Author: Charly Cox, Elizabeth Day

Narrator: Charly Cox, Elizabeth Day

Unabridged: 1 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HQ

Published: 10/03/2019


Synopsis

‘Charly is social media’s answer to Carol Ann Duffy’ [Charly] is turning a new generation on to poetry’ The From the bestselling author of comes the second book of poetry and prose from Charly Cox. What is love? Baby don’t hurt me… but please like my Instagram post Hello, my name is Charly and I am code-dependent, so would you please, please just validate me? From the bestselling author of She Must Be Mad comes Charly Cox’s second collection of poetry and prose. This is an account of a life lived online. Swiping for approval. Scrolling for gratification. Searching for connection. From the glow of a screen in the middle of the night, to the harsh glare of the hospital waiting room, is a raw and honest look at the highs and the lows of a digital life. The new voice of a generation, Charly’s words have the power to make us all feel less alone.

About Charly Cox

Born in the South, raised in the Midwest, Charly Cox now resides in the Southwest in the Land of Enchantment, Green Chile capital of the world, which is good because she enjoys eating copious amounts of the spicy food. When she's not reading, writing, or plotting sinister evils with her antagonists, she enjoys doing jigsaw and crossword puzzles, hanging out with her husband and her spoiled Siberian Husky, visiting her son in Arizona, and traveling, preferably to places surrounded by sun, sand, and warm uncrowded beaches.


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[Charly] is turning a new generation on to poetry’ The

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‘Divine.’

‘Charly constantly astounds me with how inspired she is. It can be patronizing to mention someone’s age when they are very young, as if that’s their only USP; but it’s relevant here, because Charly’s poetry really encapsulates what it is to be a young woman. All the tensions and anxieties and new discoveries.’

‘Charly is social media’s answer to Carol Ann Duffy, if Carol Ann Duffy asked the question: “How can I enjoy poetry whilst checking my Instagram feed on the toilet?” She’s funny and heartfelt and brilliant, she always seems to know how to make you feel less alone.’

‘Poetry meets mental health in Charly Cox’s brave and beautiful .’

‘Relatable and funny, [Charly’s] work champions young women trying to navigate the modern world.’

‘Instagram poetry sensation Charly Cox translates the plights, worries, thoughts and feelings of modern women into accessible short reads of prose and poems that have you laughing, crying and questioning your own life in no time. With delicate prose that reveals the reality of coming-of-age in an overwhelmingly honest and open personal tale, it's packed full of emotion and a brilliant weekend read.’

‘I fell in love with Cox's honesty and sharp sense of style’

‘Witty and heartfelt’