A Complicated Woman
Hardback
The hotly anticipated literary debut by SELF ESTEEM
'An oracle'
DOLLY ALDERTON Sometimes when I drink wine out of a globulous glass with the thinnest of rims, blocking out the fact it's billed at 14 a pop, I think of baby Becky.Hair so blonde it's neon white, cheeks so chubby you can't see her eyes. What must she think right now? She must think she made it.We're a great big adult person.That was always the plan, right?In her extraordinary debut, with her trademark lyricism and razor-sharp wit, Ivor Novello Award-winning musician and artist Rebecca Lucy Taylor (aka SELF ESTEEM) takes us on a journey through womanhood - whatever the hell that means.Through the notes, lyrics and biting observational prose for which Taylor has become renowned, A Complicated Woman offers itself up as a subversive anti-Bible for any woman who has ever cracked under the weight of impossible expectation; who has done unto others the damage that has been wrought upon her; and who has discovered deep within herself a resilience that surprised her.A Complicated Woman is a cathartic scream of a book that gets to the heart of being a woman in the world today, and cements Taylor as one of the most exciting voices of her generation.Buy now!
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- ISBN: 9781914240652
- Author: Rebecca Lucy Taylor
- Pub date: 10.02.26
- RRP: $60.00
- Format: Hardback
Author
Rebecca Lucy Taylor
As Self Esteem, Rebecca Taylor has given voice to the feelings of insecurity and misogyny-induced frustration whilst emboldening a whole new audience with powerful, truth-telling lyricism.
Her second solo album, Prioritise Pleasure, received a raft of award nominations including the Mercury Prize, NME and BRIT Awards, and was crowned the Guardian and Sunday Times Culture's Album of the Year. Her latest album, A Complicated Woman (Polydor, 2025) charted at #5 in the UK and was presented on stage by Taylor and director Tom Scutt in a sell-out limited run at the Duke of York Theatre, to critical acclaim. Rebecca went on to receive the Visionary Award at the 2025 Ivor Novello Awards for her 'fearless, genre-defying songwriting that is reshaping the sound and substance of modern pop'. Her first book, also titled A Complicated Woman, will be released in October 2025.