Coming Undone

A stunning memoir, hard reading in places, but it feels urgent and necessary . . . White writes like a blood-stained angel -- Cathy Rentzenbrink * * The Times * *
A breathtaking read . . . her honesty and her eloquence is the thing that makes it such a privilege to read . . . a raw, shocking, beautiful book -- DOLLY ALDERTON * * The High Low * *
Coming Undone by Terri White is possibly the most affecting, moving memoir I've ever read. Painful and exquisite, her writing about how childhood trauma shaped her got to me in a very visceral way. It's a remarkable book -- MARIAN KEYES
Powerful and moving, beautifully written, packed with stunning set-pieces and, I thought, a stinging-but-dazzling, complicated love-hate letter to NYC, and to how our dreams can too often deceive us. I found it bittersweet and raw, and radical as a memoir narrative: not so much a redemption tale as a chronicle of the real fallout of trauma: messy, difficult, intricate, infinite . . . [A] life-changing read -- EMMA JANE UNSWORTH
I didn't put it down until finished. White's extraordinary memoir is gripping, unflinchingly honest and written with great wit -- SALI HUGHES
Unique, painful, compelling -- AMY LIPTROT
Breathtaking . . . vibrant and visceral . . . The writing is so evocative, even funny at times, that you feel her pain, her hopelessness, and, ultimately, her remarkable strength of character. This is a book that gets into the marrow -- SUSANNAH CAHALAN
A raw and uncompromising book that is as compelling as it is distressing . . . incredible . . . [White's] memoir reads like a manifesto for survival * * i * *
Written with power, love and heart, it'll leave you wanting to read so much more by this extraordinary writer and woman * * Stylist * *
An exceptional, powerful memoir from the ferociously talented Terri White -- KATE CROWTHER, executive producer at Bad Wolf