Joy Chose You: The Essential Collection: Words for Hope, Comfort and Light
By (Author) Donna Ashworth
Bonnier Books Ltd
Black and White Publishing
14th October 2025
2nd October 2025
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Self-help, personal development and practical advice
Gift and novelty books / items
Hardback
256
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.
Beautiful . . . Donna's words melt me. * Davina McCall *
Powerful and comforting . . . Donna's words could change your life. * Dawn French *
Some people have the Bible by their bed. Others a self-help manual. I have Donna Ashworth. * Susannah Constantine *
Absolutely beautiful . . . Whenever I'm feeling lost, I reach for Donna Ashworth's words and feel found. * Bryony Gordon *
If there is a god, Donna is doing her or his work. * Robbie Williams, writing on Instagram *
So inspiring, so heartfelt . . . the way Donna writes is beyond beautiful. * Lisa Snowdon *
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.