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The Make-Believe
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Expected 23 Jun 26He sat me down in a chair and he told me, in no uncertain terms, that magic was real.
This is the true story of a spiritual awakening that turned into a mental breakdown. At the age of twenty-seven, an actress joins a wellness organisation and falls in love with its leader. She is sectioned for a psychotic break and diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
The Make-Believe is a deeply personal account of these events. It is a wild ride, a searching attempt for understanding and a call for radical empathy. Lyrical and playful, exploring light and dark, it takes readers on a journey to the edges of reality, to a seductive and dangerous world where magic seems possible.
This is the true story of a spiritual awakening that turned into a mental breakdown. At the age of twenty-seven, an actress joins a wellness organisation and falls in love with its leader. She is sectioned for a psychotic break and diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
The Make-Believe is a deeply personal account of these events. It is a wild ride, a searching attempt for understanding and a call for radical empathy. Lyrical and playful, exploring light and dark, it takes readers on a journey to the edges of reality, to a seductive and dangerous world where magic seems possible.
304 pages, Hardcover
Expected publication June 23, 2026
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Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
Hannah Murray didn't hold back in this book. It's very raw and visceral. A memoir that doesn't play around and is completely blunt and unfiltered. Reading it is never boring; there's always something strange and bizarre happening inside. It feels like reading a suspenseful cult fiction story. But then it blows your mind because this is a true story, not fiction. Phew, what a wow reading experience.
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