Don't Laugh, It'll Only Encourage Her

The achingly funny, always entertaining and often heart-breaking memoir from the creator and star of BBC's This CountryWhen things were really bad, Mum would always say to me-'Don't worry, it will be a good read for your memoir one day.'I suppose that's a weird way of coping, isn't it? Trying to turn the bleakest situation into a positive.Life hasn't always been straightforward for Daisy May Cooper- growing up in rural poverty in Gloucestershire with her brother Chaz, she had to work a myriad of low-paid, unrewarding jobs just to make ends meet. Don't Laugh, It'll Only Encourage Her is the endearingly honest and hilarious memoir from the creator and star of award-winning BBC comedy This Country.

“Brilliant. A joy and a delight - I laughed out loud! An absolute cracker”

-- Zoe Ball
Hilarious, brutally honest and very entertaining. Bloody brilliant, like the woman herself Heat
Cooper is casual and caustic as she looks at the bright side and the darker underbelly of showbiz The Times
This book proves it's absurd for anybody to think they know more about being funny than Daisy May Cooper. A riot from start to finish Daily Mirror
Hilarious. A riot from start to finish Daily Express
Perfect for anyone who loved This Country or wants to learn about how Cooper got her break in comedy Funny Women
Memoirs are often described as 'honest' but it's rare that someone would write as honestly as Cooper Funny Women
The funniest book of the year Sunday Express
Hilarious Sun
Hilarious Daily Star
Hilarous YOU Magazine

Daisy May Cooper is an award-winning comedy actress and writer. She won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Female Comedy Performance in 2018 for her role as Kerry Mucklowe in the BBC Three series This Country, a mockumentary-style show about the eccentricities of life in rural England, which she co-created and co-wrote with her brother, Charlie Cooper. This Country has also won multiple BAFTA awards.She recently starred in Armando Iannucci's The Personal History of David Copperfield, and has featured on TV shows including Avenue 5, Doc Martin and The Wrong Mans.

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