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Joy Chose You: Words for Hope, Comfort and Light

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By Donna Ashworth
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A gift to bring joy and comfort to your days, from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Wild Hope Joy Chose You is a beautiful, colour-illustrated collection of Donna's most loved poems to bring more joy into our imperfect lives. When we allow joy... Read More
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A beautiful, colour-illustrated collection of Donna's most loved poems to bring you joy and comfort, from the no.1 Sunday Times bestseller of Wild Hope.

A beautiful, colour-illustrated collection of Donna's most-loved poems to bring you joy and comfort, from the number 1 Sunday Times bestseller of To the Women and Wild Hope.

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A gift to bring joy and comfort to your days, from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Wild Hope

Joy Chose You is a beautiful, colour-illustrated collection of Donna's most loved poems to bring more joy into our imperfect lives. When we allow joy to wrap her quiet warmth around us, we find ourselves opening up to more life, love, and light.

With poems such as 'Joy Comes Back', 'Happy', and 'Hope Floats', as well as over 20 brand new poems, Donna's wise words help us find hope in the dark, calm amid worry, and greater joy in the beauty of living.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781785308451

Publisher: Bonnier Books Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 02 October 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Black and White Publishing

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 28.0mm

Width: 174.0mm

Height: 227.0mm

Weight: 734g

Pages: 256

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About the Author

Donna Ashworth is a Sunday Times bestselling author and the UK's no.1 bestselling poet. She lives in the hills of Scotland with her husband, two sons, Brian and Dave (the dogs) and Sheldon (the cat). Donna started her social media accounts in 2018 in a bid to create a 'safe' social space for women to come together and connect, but her love of all things wordy quickly became the focus, and a past love for poetry was reignited. Seven books and nearly 2 million followers later, Donna is delighted daily with her mission to shower the world with words and bring poetry back into focus.

'I believe wholeheartedly in the power of opening a daily poetry page to better everyone's mental health and clear space within our minds. Poetry is permission to feel everything we as humans are absolutely supposed to, knowing we are not alone, never alone. Poetry is not folly for the fancy; it is using words to shift perspectives, heal wounds and let in light again. And it is something we can pass to one another when times become turbulent, as they so often will.

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