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'Blade in the Shadow' by Jillian Halket

£9.95

A coming-of-age memoir about a young Scottish woman struggling with undiagnosed obsessive-compulsive disorder. The book follows Halket through mental illness, addiction, university, sexual assault, motor tics and her relationship with her family. Through access to treatment, she forges her identity not in spite of her disorder but in the acceptance of it and all its messiness.

A coming-of-age memoir about a young Scottish woman struggling with undiagnosed obsessive-compulsive disorder. The book follows Halket through mental illness, addiction, university, sexual assault, motor tics and her relationship with her family. Through access to treatment, she forges her identity not in spite of her disorder but in the acceptance of it and all its messiness.

About the Author, Jillian Halket

Jillian Halket is a disabled writer from Blackwood, Scotland. Her debut memoir Blade in the Shadow delves into her obsessive compulsive disorder and explores what it is like living with violent intrusive thoughts.​

She is an advocate for OCD awareness and recovery and was proud to take part in the first Activate Training for Movement for Change, a grassroots campaign by See Me Scotland.  By telling her story she is determined to help in the fight against mental health stigma and discrimination.

​When she is not talking about OCD, she can be found haunting the local bookshop or out in the Scottish countryside with her family and partner. She is a hippie at heart and enjoys anything to do with the occult and the written word.