THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND PERFECT GIFT
A beautiful gift to bring joy and comfort to your days, from the number 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of To the Women and Wild Hope
'Beautiful . . . Donna's words melt me' - Davina McCall
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 'Unstoppable', as well as 20 new poems, including 'This Little Moment', 'Love Wins' and 'A Little Weird', Donna's wise words help us find hope in the dark, calm amid worry and greater joy in the beauty of living.
[JOY CHOSE YOU by Donna Ashworth was the No. 5 Sunday Times bestseller w/e 12 October 2025]

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Joy Chose You: Words for Hope, Comfort and Light
The instant Sunday Times bestseller & perfect gift for Father's Day
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eBook - ePub
Joy Chose You: Words for Hope, Comfort and Light
The instant Sunday Times bestseller & perfect gift for Father's Day
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Personal SuccessIndex
LiteratureTable of contents
- Cover
- Praise for Donna Ashworth
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Affirmation For Joy
- Contents
- Welcome
- Now
- Becoming
- Happy
- Magic
- Don’t Miss Your Own Party
- Joy Chose You
- Know Yourself
- Unstoppable
- Rest
- Sitting with Joy
- Before You Sleep
- Say It
- You Are Nature
- She Gathered
- I Missed You Today
- Mountains
- This Is No Waiting Room
- The Edge
- Women
- Confetti
- Yellow
- Your Light
- Let Joy Stay High
- You’ll Be Okay
- Less
- Greener Grass
- The Empty Nest
- Speak Less
- Wise Old Woman
- Angels
- Spring
- Summer
- Autumn
- Wintering
- Joy Comes Back
- Good
- The Taker of the Photo
- Precious
- In Rest, They Remember
- Feathers
- Already Here
- Love Doesn’t Start with a Shoe
- Too Many Sundays
- Wild
- Eclipse of Grief
- When We’re Older
- None of Your Business
- As Time Goes By
- This Little Moment
- Friendships
- I Have Been Her
- Stop
- A Little Weird
- Forgotten Gravy
- Or You Could Just Live
- She Let Herself Go
- Zoom In
- To the Woman Who Has Given Too Much
- Small Joys
- A Day Is Not Lost
- In the Photo
- A Mother’s Love
- Wildlings
- Awakening
- Roots of Sisterhood
- You Just Grew
- Right Now
- When Fireworks Fall
- Friend Ship
- Feathers That Flew
- Be Kind to Yourself Too
- Magically So
- Just a Day
- Sadness Comes
- Only You
- Bedfellows
- Go Little
- The Concept of Age
- She Sent
- Coffee with My Younger Self
- Those Who Wait, Wait
- Your Perfect
- Other Girls
- The Witch Wound
- This Platonic Song
- A Handful of Years
- Forever Days
- I Wish I Knew
- Serendipity
- Speak Your Love
- The After-Party People
- I Want to Listen
- Ordinary Love
- Rollercoaster
- Love Came First
- Lost
- Bruise
- For a Lifetime
- Soul Tribe
- That’s Where You Find It
- On Those Days
- Keep It Simple
- Early
- I Love Your Shoes
- Self-Worth
- Listen for the Love
- The Women Before
- I Choose You
- Be the Peace
- Surprise
- Cage
- Joie de Vivre
- Warm Breeze
- How You Grow
- You
- Change
- Love Wins
- Alive
- Afterword
- Acknowledgements
- List of Poems by Collection
- About the Author
- Copyright Page
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