Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. If you’re leaving school this year, or if you’re feeling nostalgic, watch ‘Leaving High School’ by Hussain Manawer, performed by Freddie Pearson, below. I'm unsure if they were written as songs with a chorus, but I didn't enjoy the repetition in some of them either. His words will remind readers, that even in your lowest moments you can find the gold dust, Life is Sad and Beautiful will shift outlooks and stand as a powerful vehicle for growth and change. The acclaimed poet has combined heartfelt poems from across his life with deeply personal recollections of someone who shaped him as an individual, his late mother, and this has resulted in perhaps the most unique book you will read this year.

At age fifteen, his English teacher handed him a cutout from a newspaper for the SLAMbassadors East London heat. It is a deep book filled with emotions and will be a friendly companion you can keep referring back to for years to come. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH).Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde Islands, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Finland, France, French Guiana, Gabon Republic, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Republic of Croatia, Republic of the Congo, Reunion, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Vatican City State, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands (U. ABOUT HUSSAIN:Hussain Manawer is a globally acclaimed Poet, Mental Health Advocate and Producer - who was born in Newham and shortly after grew up in Ilford, Essex.

A horrific mine collapse in the Welsh town of Aberfan has taken an awful toll, with many children amongst the dead.Dignitaries, major brands and broadcasters seek him out to articulate the mental health struggles our world is facing.

Supporting these are friends and family whose patience, acceptance, devotion and love may be unremarked upon but is ever-present. His debut poetry collection is broken into 5 parts and will invite readers on his journey through depression, grief. More than a decade later, Hussain’s debut collection Life Is Sad And Beautiful sold more than ten thousand copies within the first few months of its release, entering the Sunday Times charts upon publication, making him the first British Pakistani poet to hold such a position. This week (as the final GCSE exam of 2023 takes place), Hussain is releasing a new video of one of the poems in that collection.Hussain is a poet and mental health campaigner who has channelled his grief at the loss of his mother into this heartbreaking and lyrical volume that consoles as much as it challenges. Do you ever pick up a book seemingly at random right before you leave the library then set down to read it and immediately regret it? A passionate kiss from the student nurse who has captured his heart sends him off on this mercy mission. By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file.

He's put so much of his heart in to the poems, especially those about the loss of his mother and his experience of depression. This is my life’s work to this date, all my notes, my favourite pieces that have served me through my darkest nights and carried me through every moment of pain, suffering, anxiety, panic and hardship. The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. Hussain’s debut poetry collection will invite readers on his journey through depression and grief, and out the other side to a better place – there will be joy, hope, tears and laughter – the emotions that make up the fabric of human experience.It’s powerful stuff, piercing the heart of what it means to experience grief, articulating the most confusing parts of the fog. Browning Wroe easily evokes both setting and era with gorgeous descriptive prose and popular culture references. This is my life's work to this date, all my notes, my favourite pieces that have served me through my darkest nights and carried me through every moment of pain, suffering, anxiety, panic and hardship.