Christie Watson

Rowan Egberongbe

No Filters takes on all those thorny subjects on which young, middle-aged and older people cannot always see eye to eye — race, sexuality, gender, class, politics, climate change… A much-needed conversation between generations

Strikingly honest… an eye-opening account of the mental health crisis gripping young people

I loved this book and I know it will help many families during difficult times. No Filters is psychologically astute, totally honest, and beautifully written

No Filters is about what it means to be a teenage girl and what it means to parent them. It made me cry, laugh and hug my daughter extra tightly

An incredibly brave, generous and important book, which challenged my thinking about parenting, yet also consoled me and made me feel less alone. Parents everywhere will be pressing it into one another’s hands

Full of compassion, honesty, insight and hope... This is a small book full of heart that will help parents and their teenagers understand the need for patience and empathy in a world that seems determined to divide us from each other, even from those we were born to love

Compassionate, honest, insightful and in places absolutely hilarious

This book blew my mind and heart apart. No Filters is a generous, wild, necessary exploration of inter-generational tension, class, gender, race, mental health, neurodiversity and social media. It is also riotously, outrageously, funny. Beyond all of this, it is a love story, between Gen X and Gen Z, between mother and teenage child

This is such an important book and will be a lifeline for other teenagers going through mental health challenges - and their parents

A raw and unique book on mental health which gives the viewpoint of both parties involved. What is particularly helpful is understanding the cross generational experience and how today's modern life, including social media, affects both teenagers - and their parents

What a beautiful, poignant, astute and ultimately transformative book this is, brimming with wit and vivacity. No Filters is absolutely invaluable reading for anyone trying to understand the myriad challenges of being a teenager today. Christie and Rowan’s extraordinary candour made me sob, gasp and at times roar with laughter. Truly a love story for our age - and, whoa, how this mother and daughter can write. I wish I could prescribe it for every parent I know

a mother and teenage daughter love story

'Fascinating... a much needed conversation between generations' THE TIMES 
 
How can we communicate when things are so painful? How can we connect when generational differences are extreme? How do parents and teenagers - and all of us - have real conversations? 
 
When Rowan was sixteen, she only tolerated communication from her mother in the form of Snapchat. Desperate to be closer to her daughter, Christie sent daily selfies of her face superimposed onto a chicken nugget. It took serious illness for them to finally talk – and truly listen. 
 
Rowan's mental health struggles revealed the chasm between their generations. They started being more honest with each other than they had ever been before: discussing identity, race, gender and neurodivergence; opening up about disordered eating and self-harm; navigating the perils of social media. 
 
In an age of polarisation, this is how a mother and daughter find humour in the things that divide them and become more hopeful about the future of our world. 
 
A book for all parents and teenagers going through a tough time, for friends, grandparents, teachers and healthcare professionals who want to help, its bare honesty will have you laughing – and possibly crying – out loud as it shows that you are not alone. 
 
'I loved this book and I know it will help many families during difficult times' JULIA SAMUEL 
'Incredibly brave, generous and important' CLOVER STROUD 
'It made me cry, laugh and hug my daughter extra tightly' BRYONY GORDON

Rowan Egberongbe

Praise for No Filters

No Filters takes on all those thorny subjects on which young, middle-aged and older people cannot always see eye to eye — race, sexuality, gender, class, politics, climate change… A much-needed conversatio ...

[An] unflinching memoir

Strikingly honest… an eye-opening account of the mental health crisis gripping young people

No Filters takes on all those thorny subjects on which young, middle-aged and older people cannot always see eye to eye — race, sexuality, gender, class, politics, climate change… A much-needed conversatio ...

[An] unflinching memoir

Strikingly honest… an eye-opening account of the mental health crisis gripping young people

No Filters takes on all those thorny subjects on which young, middle-aged and older people cannot always see eye to eye — race, sexuality, gender, class, politics, climate change… A much-needed conversatio ...

[An] unflinching memoir

Strikingly honest… an eye-opening account of the mental health crisis gripping young people

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