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A 21st Century Boydult: Wounds, Grit, Global Gallivanting...And HS
"This might be one of the funniest, fiercest, most painfully honest memoirs you’ll ever read." - Beta Reader.
Gareth Marshall has been to hell and back — and laughed through every bloody mile of it.
Diagnosed with Hidradenitis Suppurativa, a brutal chronic skin condition most people have never even heard of, Gareth spent nearly twenty years surviving pain, NHS waiting rooms, surprise surgeries, job losses, relationship breakdowns, and mental battles that would flatten the strongest. Along the way, he travelled more than fifty countries, found love, lost it, tried to raise two brilliant boys, and picked fights with fate in a world stacked against him.
A 21st Century Boydult is a raw, darkly comic, and sometimes painfully moving account of what happens when your body refuses to play fair — and your mind has to fight like hell to keep up. Northern, working-class, unfiltered, and unashamed, Gareth’s voice will resonate with anyone who’s ever been broken, bruised, or told to “man up” while life knocked them sideways.
If you’ve lived with chronic illness, loved someone who does, or simply want to read a memoir with more guts than you’ll find in a dozen self-help manuals, you’ve found the right book.
Gareth Marshall has been to hell and back — and laughed through every bloody mile of it.
Diagnosed with Hidradenitis Suppurativa, a brutal chronic skin condition most people have never even heard of, Gareth spent nearly twenty years surviving pain, NHS waiting rooms, surprise surgeries, job losses, relationship breakdowns, and mental battles that would flatten the strongest. Along the way, he travelled more than fifty countries, found love, lost it, tried to raise two brilliant boys, and picked fights with fate in a world stacked against him.
A 21st Century Boydult is a raw, darkly comic, and sometimes painfully moving account of what happens when your body refuses to play fair — and your mind has to fight like hell to keep up. Northern, working-class, unfiltered, and unashamed, Gareth’s voice will resonate with anyone who’s ever been broken, bruised, or told to “man up” while life knocked them sideways.
If you’ve lived with chronic illness, loved someone who does, or simply want to read a memoir with more guts than you’ll find in a dozen self-help manuals, you’ve found the right book.
273 pages, Paperback
Published August 1, 2025
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