Not the Type

Finding your place in the real world

By: Camilla Thurlow

Narrated by: Camilla Thurlow

**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**

'You can reinvent yourself, you can change, you can grow, you can regress, you can be any number of things at any particular time. Please give yourself permission to do that, and be equally as open-minded to others who choose to do the same. Because perhaps, with just a little more compassion and acceptance, we won't need to fit in to feel that we belong.'

Camilla Thurlow came second on Love Island in 2017. More recently, she impressed viewers in Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins. But that's not the most interesting part . . .

Camilla can do something that none of her fellow contestants can do: find, neutralise and destroy the landmines that threaten the lives and livelihoods of so many people in the world's former war zones, and which make their land too dangerous to be worked.

This is at once a memoir of an extraordinary life, and a script for living one's life to the full. Camilla Thurlow is a highly independent woman whose thoughts and experiences will resonate with anyone seeking meaning in a world where women are too often discounted, or who frequently feel alienated amid the frenzy of contemporary life.

This is a book about courage - not just the courage to go out and deal with a lethal threat in some of the world's most dangerous and inhospitable places, but the courage to confront one's own fears and anxieties, and to be oneself in what too often seems an inhospitable world.

Not the Type will inspire a whole generation to dare the seemingly impossible. Although often an engaging reflection on life, landmines and Love Island, this is also a book about learning to confront one's own anxieties in a world dominated by celebrity culture and social media - and on being a woman in what is still too often a man's world.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2020 Camilla Thurlow (P)2020 Bonnier Books UK

Highly recommend, whether you like 💗Island or not

I enjoyed this book so much. Camilla Thurlow was in season 3 of Love Island UK and she was so different from anyone who's ever been on it. I adored her. And then discovered she wrote a book! The L. I. chapter isn't very long and she talks about a lot of other stuff in that chapter, in case you're worried it's just a Love Island Memoir or something. It is not. Some people are disappointed by that and truth be told, I do wish she'd expanded more on her journey in the Villa, but I completely understand why she didn't.

Some people also don't like her "essays," but that's part of why I loved the book and, indeed, one of the reasons I wanted to read it.

This book really spoke to me as a woman with anxiety and depression and ADD who isn't as self-confident as she once was. I have a lot in common with Ms. Thurlow and I hope we both learn to accept and champion ourselves a bit more.

Highly recommend, whether you like Love Island or not.

PS. I usually listen at 1.5x speed, but I slowed her down to normal speed because she has such a calm, relaxing voice. Good for anxiety. Ironic, since she has major anxiety. 😬

Powerful thoughts on self image

I first saw Camilla Thurlow on Love Island. She became so fascinating and against "type" for this show. I had to get her book. It is a very honest look at a real woman. Not just the "sweetheart" of Love Island nor the armored woman of Halo. I have the greatest respect for Camilla and strongly recommend "Not the Type."

5/5 stars

This book was excellently written and gave great food for thought. The points are well thought out and wonderfully explained. The way she told the story made me feel like I was right there with her. I will definitely listen to/read this title again and again.