By Gemma Cairney (author)
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If anyone can teach young people how to best understand themselves and their world it’s Gemma Cairney. There are lots of good self-help and advice books but Open Your Heart stands out because of Cairney’s honesty and because of her brilliant, direct voice. Reading it is like being in the same room as her and leaves you feeling more positive, more confident, readier to accept yourself for who you are.
It’s divided into two sections: your heart, and your body and soul, and covers topics from family and friends to body image, sex and sexual health. Information is provided by experts, often in the form of interviews by Gemma, all interspersed with her own knowledge and experiences, as well as what she’s learned as Radio 1 agony aunt. A properly invaluable book. ~ Andrea Reece
Full of honest and practical advice from Gemma Cairney and a whole host of trained professionals and real people, Open Your Heart is a best friend in a book. From heartbreak and heartache to body image and everything in between, this book will help you learn to love your body, your friends and your family, and tell you what to do if things go wrong.
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Includes chapters on:
Death, grief and loss
Gender and sexuality
Sexual health and more!
Praise for Open: A Toolkit for How Magic and Messed Up Life Can be:
A guide to help young people navigate love, friendships, health and other aspects of growing up. Observer
A valuable resource, full of reassurance for teenagers that they are not alone, whatever they feel. Guardian
Informative, touching & inspiring... laced throughout with a sense of humour and true passion. Metro
This heartfelt handbook for young adults by an inspirational presenter and producer is the literary embodiment of a big sister's shoulder and a best friend's ear LoveReading4Kids.com
After a brief time at drama school and a stint working in fashion in her early twenties, Gemma Cairney is now a BBC broadcaster, magpie and life enthusiast who has won awards for making documentaries on subjects such as young people in violent relationships. She presented The Surgery on BBC Radio 1 and co-produced and presented internet entertainment show The Fox Problem. Gemma has presented shows and one-offs for BBC Radio 1, 1Xtra, 2, 3, 4, 4 Extra, 6 Music and BBC World Service. She is also founder of boutique production company Boom Shakalaka Productions. She likes to write, explore the planet, trek mountains and DJ garage classics.
Gemma's book Open Your Mind and it's companion volume Open Your Heart are must-have practical guides to navigating the ups and downs of life.
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The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Open Your Heart and determined it is suitable for children aged 13-14 years old
Open Your Heart features in the following genres: PSHE: Self-Awareness, Self-Esteem and Wellbeing, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), Children’s, Teenage and Educational, PSHE: Health , Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Body and health, PSHE: Family Issues, PSHE: Sexuality, Gender and Relationships, Recommended Children's eBooks, Recommendations, Featured Books for 13+ readers
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Open Your Heart was written by Gemma Cairney and published by Macmillan Children's Books an imprint of Pan Macmillan
Open Your Heart has 165 pages
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