Overview

Samantha Crilly's first collection of poems - Hope through Poetry - was inspired by her personal experience of mental illness and recovery, and by what she had learned from friends and family. Five years after it was first enthusiastically received, she returns with a new collection that draws on her ongoing recovery together with her work as an actor and script writer raising awareness of mental health struggles. Giving honest and relatable insights into what it means to have a mental illness and what causes and triggers may lie behind it, these insightful poems are here as comforting companions and to promote understanding and acceptance.

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This collection of moving and lyrical poems gives poignant insights and casts new light on what it means to experience mental illness. Samantha's beautiful words stay with you long after you have turned the final page. Marjorie Wallace CBE, founder and chief executive of SANE Since retiring I've tried to offer others a little bit of hope when all they can see is despair. I've tried to offer a bit of light at the end of the tunnel. Samantha's amazing poems do all of that and more. Frank Bruno MBE, former Heavyweight Boxing World Champion Samantha has used her own personal experience and flare for poetry to create this powerful collection of poems, which the reader will find informative and relatable. A 'must-read' for anyone affected by mental or physical ill health - Well done, Samantha. Jeff Brazier, father, author and television presenter

Author Information

Writer and mental health activist Samantha Crilly is a drama graduate from Surrey, UK, who has enjoyed writing poetry since she was a child. Having suffered mental illness during her teenage years and early to mid twenties, she now works tirelessly to promote good mental health through her poetry and script writing. She enjoys keeping fit and spending time with her close-knit family and friends whose love kept her going through her darkest times. Now in a happier place, she has made huge steps along her journey to recovery and hopes that her poetry will inspire others to do the same.

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