Autobiography of the Year

2022 SHORTLIST

Hooked by Paul Merson

Hooked

Addiction and the long road to recovery

By Paul Merson

Hooked is Paul Merson’s wonderfully moving and brutally honest memoir of battling addiction, searingly charting his journey over three decades. It is unflinching in detailing his emotional and psychological troughs and in raking over the painful embers of an adult life blighted by such debilitating issues.

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Redemption by Troy Deeney
Too Many Reasons to Live by Rob Burrow
Resilience by Elise Christie
Love of the Game by Ricky Hill
Football Man to Iron Fran by Francis Benali
Belonging by Alun Wyn Jones