# Can I Say No?

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- Book: [Can I Say No?](https://www.bookquiver.com/stefanie-preissner/can-i-say-no) ([Can I Say No?.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/stefanie-preissner/can-i-say-no.md))
- Authors: [Stefanie Preissner](https://www.bookquiver.com/stefanie-preissner)
- Publisher: hachette_books_ireland
- ISBN: 978-14-7368-789-9
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2019-05-09
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

'No' is the first thing I ever said. It was actually the only thing I said in my first speaking months. Like most children, I was born with an innate ability to set boundaries for myself. 'No.' 'Mine.' I intuitively knew how to practise self-care and self-preservation. Then, at some point, just like my ability to shuffle across the floor on my butt, I forgot how to say no... Traumatic childhood sleepovers, stressful social occasions, unrealistic demands at work, unwanted second dates and endless offers of cake, in her memoir, award-winning writer Stefanie Preissner leaves no NO unexplored. From the issue of consent, and what happens when a whole country comes together to say Yes, Can I Say NO? is one woman's honest and hilarious take on how re-learning one small word can pave the way to saying YES to who you really are.