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A Girl Behind Dark Glasses

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Pub Date Sep 01 2026 | Archive Date Dec 21 2020


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Description

Jessica Taylor-Bearman shares her innermost thoughts and real-time emotions, adapted from the diary she kept as a teenager growing up in southeast England. At just fifteen years old, instead of studying, socializing, and enjoying typical teenage life, Jessica became rapidly and devastatingly ill. She soon found herself bedridden, ultimately unable to move, speak, or eat.

Despite overwhelming odds, Jessica refused to give up. She dreamed of becoming an author, getting married, leaving the hospital, and helping others by founding her own charity. In July 2018, her first book, A Girl Behind Dark Glasses, was published by Hashtag Press.

Jessica has been nominated for a Pride of Britain Award, and her charity, Share A Star, continues to impact lives every day. She also appears in the Oscar-shortlisted, Sundance Award–winning documentary Unrest, directed by Jennifer Brea, which raises awareness about Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E.).

Jessica Taylor-Bearman shares her innermost thoughts and real-time emotions, adapted from the diary she kept as a teenager growing up in southeast England. At just fifteen years old, instead of...


A Note From the Publisher

We are organising a blog tour for A Girl In One Room from February 25th onwards. If you'd like to be involved please contact info@literallypr.com.

We are organising a blog tour for A Girl In One Room from February 25th onwards. If you'd like to be involved please contact info@literallypr.com.


Advance Praise

From a darkened world, bound by four walls, a young woman called Jessica tells the tale of her battle against the M.E Monster. The severest form of a neuro immune disease called Myalgic Encephalomyelitis went to war with her at just 15 years old. From beneath her dark glasses, Jessica glimpses a world far different from the one she remembers as a teenage school girl. This true story follows her path as she ends up living in hospital for years with tubes keeping her alive. This harrowing story follows the highs and lows of the disease and being hospitalised, captured through her voice activated technology diary called `Bug' that enables her to fulfil her dream of one day becoming an author. It provides a raw, real-time honesty to the story that would be impossible to capture in hindsight.

From a darkened world, bound by four walls, a young woman called Jessica tells the tale of her battle against the M.E Monster. The severest form of a neuro immune disease called Myalgic...


Marketing Plan

A Girl In One Room, the sequel to the award-winning, A Girl Behind Dark Glasses, is due for release on February 25 2021 by Hashtag Press. We're re-releasing A Girl Behind Dark Glasses on Netgalley as part of the marketing campaign ahead of the second book!

A Girl In One Room, the sequel to the award-winning, A Girl Behind Dark Glasses, is due for release on February 25 2021 by Hashtag Press. We're re-releasing A Girl Behind Dark Glasses on Netgalley as...


Available Editions

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ISBN 9781999805357
PRICE $14.99 (USD)

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