The Make-Believe

The Make-Believe: A memoir of magic and madness

Paperback Published on: 08/04/2027
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The Make-Believe
Enlightening and moving
Hannah Murray’s memoir is one of the best that I have read. It’s eye opening and sometimes horrifying. We’ve seen the news stories and we know how the stor... READ MORE
Chloe at Manchester Arndale
The Make-Believe
Sylvia Plath lovers, gather around
Wow. This was an intense and sometimes difficult read. Throughout this debut piece by Murray she really holds up a mirror to herself, analysing how she wou... READ MORE
Rhiannon Morgan
The Make-Believe
exposing and beautiful
Interesting view on 'wellness' cults in the UK from an inside and very personal experience. So open, reading it almost felt intrusive, but Hannah makes it ... READ MORE
Valerie at Darlington
The Make-Believe
Illuminating
An illuminating expose on the murky world of wellness cults, whose seductive promises of healing and spiritual growth often target the most desperate and d... READ MORE
Ciara at Guildford
The Make-Believe
An exploration of exploitive wellness.
Thanks to the Publisher for an advance copy of this memoir. Thanks to the author for a candid sharing of her story. An excellently written memoir about ... READ MORE
Chloë at Cheltenham Waterstones
The Make-Believe
What a ride!
I have not much to add to the other positive reviews, I can just reiterate that this is a fascinating and harrowing read, and that I, too, hope that Hannah... READ MORE
Kristina at Manchester Deansgate
The Make-Believe
Enthralling and important!
Oh wow… I picked this up when I was having a little reading lull, and it gripped me from the first page. The prose was fantastic. Such good writing, an... READ MORE
Timothy Woodbridge
The Make-Believe
An unflinchingly honest memoir
The Make-Believe is one of the rawest, most personal memoirs I’ve read, as Murray shares every innermost thought and impulse that occurred to her, as her u... READ MORE
Catherine

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Cornerstone
  • ISBN: 9781804956427
  • Number of pages: 352
  • Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
  • Languages: English

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The Make-Believe
What a memoir! ?
Wow. I had no idea this had happened to Hannah! It just shows the mind is such a fragile thing. I flew through this in just over 24 hours. Such an insight ... READ MORE
Megan Mullin
The Make-Believe
Emotionally intense, unflinchingly honest, and utterly gripping.
This was emotionally intense, unflinchingly honest, and utterly gripping. Like many people my age, I grew up watching Hannah Murray on Skins and Game of Th... READ MORE
@reading.with.rara
This reviewer received a free of charge product for review.
The Make-Believe
Gripping and emotional…
Slightly scary read and maybe more so as I read it whilst waiting for my father to come out of a clinic appointment for a procedure I perhaps didn’t agree ... READ MORE
Helsbelstels
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