A Girl Behind Dark Glasses

by Jessica Taylor-Bearman

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Pub Date 1 Sep 2025 | Archive Date 21 Dec 2020

Hashtag Press

Biographies & Memoirs | Nonfiction (Adult)

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Description

Jessica Taylor-Bearman shares her inner-most thoughts and real-time emotions – adapted from her diary growing up as a teenager in South- East England – detailing the terrifying discovery that, aged 15, instead of partying, studying and socialising, she would rapidly become bed- ridden, ultimately unable to move, speak, eat... Despite the odds, Jessica never gave up. Her dream was to become an author, to be able to marry, leave the hospital, and help others through the creation of her own charity. In July 2018, her first book, A Girl Behind Dark Glasses, will be published by Hashtag Press. Jessica has been a Pride of Britain nominee, her charity Share A Star touches lives every day, and she is the star of the Oscar-shortlisted, Sundance award-winning film UNREST by Jennifer Brea, a journalist and filmmaker from New York, who aims to raise awareness about Myalgic Encephalomyletis (M.E.).

Jessica Taylor-Bearman shares her inner-most thoughts and real-time emotions – adapted from her diary growing up as a teenager in South- East England – detailing the...

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.

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!