Born Lippy
How to Do Female
$38.57
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
11 June 2019
Summary
A RADIO 4 ‘BOOK OF THE WEEK’
Sometimes it’s hard to be a woman and sometimes it’s time to be a hard woman … This is a book for all those times.
Once upon a (very very) long time ago Jo Brand was what you might describe as ‘a nice little girl’. Of course, that was before the values of cynicism, misogyny and the societal expectation that Jo would be thin, feminine and demure sent her off down Arsey Avenue.
The plot thickened, when due to a complicated fu…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781473687738 |
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| ISBN-10: | 147368773X |
| Author: | Jo Brand |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 11 June 2019 |
| Weight: | 217g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 18mm |
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Critics Review
Sassy…feisty and funny
A hilarious must-have bible for anyone wanting to get gobby … I bloody loved this book. So smart, so funny. I wish I’d had it years ago * SARAH MILLICAN *I loved Born Lippy … The humour is vintage Brand * SUNDAY TIMES *Moving, funny and most of all useful. A collection of all the things Brand wishes she’d known, things she’s learnt and the things she hopes for the future * SCOTSMAN *A must-read guide to life as a woman, including heckling as a life skill; how to like yourself; what happens when you turn into your mother, and other things Brand wishes she’d known earlier – HELENA KENNEDY * MAIL ON SUNDAY *Funny, feisty and full of life… I loved this book – PHILIP SCHOFIELD * THIS MORNING *If you want to get really useful advice about life’s problems, go to someone who has messed things up, admitted it, then got back on track. Jo Brand is such a person…full of insights and hard-won wisdom * DAILY MAIL *Taking on all the major issues: Feminism, Social Media, Friendship, Parenting and perhaps most crucially – why there isn’t an anti-wrinkle cream for testicles, Born Lippy is funny, clever and very rude. Just like Jo * MORWENNA BANKS *Sassy…feisty and funny * SUNDAY EXPRESS *BORN LIPPY tackles serious subjects between the laughs * BBC Online *Jo Brand is a good writer, and this book is full of engaging, witty prose, just like her comedy…Informed and insightful * CULTURE CALLING *Jo Brand unrolls lessons from her own life in Born Lippy, salty advice on how great expectations may crumble yet prove useful in the long run * SUNDAY TIMES CULTURE, Radio pick of the day *If you want to get really useful advice about life’s problems, go to someone who has messed things up, admitted it, then got back on track. Jo Brand is such a person * DAILY MAIL WEEKEND *Chock-full of pithy lines about how best to navigate these troubling times we live in * Irish Independent Review *
About The Author
Jo Brand
Jo Brand started life as a good girl, became a bad one for quite a bit, but now she’s gunning for Reformed ‘Man Hater’ turned National Disgrace. Being grumpy enables her to react in a perfectly reasonable way to things that in the past she would have suppressed for the sake of keeping the peace/being polite/not making someone angry. Starting comedy at thirty (and as an ex-psychiatric nurse) also meant she gave much less of a toss about what other people thought of her.
The host of several TV shows including the award-winning Channel 4 show, Through The Cakehole, Jo has made legendary appearances on many others from Have I Got News For You to Would I Lie To You to QI.
She is married, has two daughters and lives in London.
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