Let Down Your Hair: Bryony Gordon

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Perfectly plaiting the brutal world of content creation, family tragedy and alopecia to create an ingeniously inspiring re-telling of Rapunzel, Bryony Gordon’s Let Down Your Hair is simply incredible. One who isn't confined to her bedroom on the 12th floor of the tower-block flat she shares with her aunt making content.

I’m not saying I handled it well but I can’t imagine how I’d have coped with the news as a teenage girl. The YA fiction debut from bestselling author Bryony Gordon, Let Down Your Hair is a modern twist on Rapunzel featuring a hair influencer who develops alopecia – and her quest for a different sort of happy ever after.Introducing the YA fiction debut from bestselling author and journalist Bryony Gordon in a modern twist on Rapunzel and one girl's quest to find a different sort of happy ever after. Becky Chambers's new series continues to ask: in a world where people have what they want, does having more even matter? At its core is the message all teens need to read: you are good enough, and your looks are not your sum total as a person (neither is your social media following). Exploring depression, anxiety, the generational impact of addiction, and bereavement with honesty and remarkable empathy, it also presents the glory of self-determination and friendship with life-affirming power.

Through Zal Barb learns to make her channel accessible, and discovers “there was a whole other world out there…a world that was richer and greater and far more sympathetic than the one she had witnessed during her short time with Spark Enterprises.I understand that it’s meant to be part of a wider narrative about stress and mental health in young people. Since the day she was born, Barb’s glorious hair has defined her existence, and the same is true as she turns sixteen.

This story skillfully and sensitively manages the emotional debate over the pro's and con's of babies and abortions, not always predictable, and very relatable. She is the author of the bestselling The Wrong Knickers plus The Sunday Times Number One bestsellers You Got This and Mad Girl which were both nominated for British Book Awards.

In 2017 she won the MIND Making A Difference Award for her work in changing the perception of mental health in the media. Like the main character of Bryony Gordon’s novel, my hair was something that people always commented on.

It’s not that the way alopecia is discussed here is bad, which makes sense given Bryony Gordon’s own experiences. A first introduction into the YA fiction realm and Bryony is throwing off the deep end, not starting with something more straightforward, but trying to tackle social media and alopecia through a beloved fairy tale.One who isn’t confined to her bedroom on the 12th floor of the tower-block flat she shares with her aunt making content.