Letter to My Younger Self: The Big Issue Presents...100 Inspiring People on the Moments That Shaped Their Lives

Billie Jean King, Mary J. Blige, Mavis Staples, Alice Cooper, Jane Lynch, Danny DeVito, John Lithgow, Chelsea Clinton, Paul McCartney, Buzz Aldrin, James Earl Jones, Ozzy Osbourne, Dionne Warwick, Ian Rankin, Margaret Atwood, E.L. James, 50 Cent, Neil Gaiman, Dolly Parton, Dave Grohl, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Salman Rushdie, Olivia Newton-John, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and many, many more.

Over 10 years ago, The Big Issue began to ask well-known figures to give advice, offer hope, and share a few jokes with their younger selves. They opened up in ways they never had, reflecting on their lives and themselves with affection, sympathy, and, sometimes, disbelief. This collection of 100 incredible letters includes Paul McCartney on how he found inspiration, Olivia Colman on overcoming confidence problems, Mo Farah on the importance of losing, Diane Abbott on self-belief, Jamie Oliver on trusting your instinct, and so much more.

Letter to My Younger Self is a revelatory and profound exploration into the wit and wisdom that age brings, and of the unique insights that looking back can reveal.

Author: Big Issue, Jane Graham
Publisher: 535
Published: 02/01/2023
Pages: 448
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9781788702348
ISBN10: 1788702344
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Biography & Autobiography | Entertainment & Performing Arts
- Literary Collections | Essays

About the Author
The Big Issue is an award-winning magazine offering employment opportunities to people in poverty by giving them a share of the profits from sales. Jane Graham is the books editor of The Big Issue. She has worked as a producer/documentary maker for BBC Radios 1, 3, 4 and Radio Ulster. As a writer and broadcaster she has contributed to the BBC, The Guardian, Uncut, and The LA Review of Books, among many others. She has been conducting interviews for The Big Issue's Letter to my Younger Self since its inception in 2007.