It Begins With The Body by Hana Shafi explores the milestones and
hurdles of a brown girl coming into her own. Shafi's poems display a raw
and frank intimacy and address anxiety, unemployment, heartbreak,
relationships, identity, and faith.
Accompanied by Shafi's candid illustrations that share the same
delightful mixture of grotesque and humour found in her poems, It
Begins With The Body navigates the highs and lows of youth. It is about
feeling like an outsider, and reconciling with pain and awkwardness.
It's about arguing with your mum about wanting to wax off your unibrow
to the first time you threw up in a bar in your twenties, and everything
in between. Funny and raw, personal and honest, Shafi's exciting debut
is about finding the right words you wished you had found when you
needed them the most.