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At My Mother's Knee...And Other Low Joints

Tales from Paul’s mischievous young years

Author: Paul O'Grady  

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At My Mother's Knee...And Other Low Joints
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A story of the author's early life in Irish Catholic Birkenhead that started him on the long and winding road from mischievous altar boy to national treasure. It includes a tale of gossip in the back yard, bragging in the corner shop and slanging matches on the front doorstep.

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The number one bestseller - over 1 MILLION copies sold to date

A story of the author's early life in Irish Catholic Birkenhead that started him on the long and winding road from mischievous altar boy to national treasure. It includes a tale of gossip in the back yard, bragging in the corner shop and slanging matches on the front doorstep.

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The number one bestseller - over 1 MILLION copies sold to dateTHE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER'Warmly funny, dry and mischievous . . . Genuine and brilliant.' Daily MailPaul O'Grady is one of Britain's very best loved entertainers. He is known and adored by millions, whether as the creator of the acid-tongued Blonde Bombsite, Lily Savage, the presenter of the fantastically successful, award-winning Paul O'Grady Show on Channel 4 or the massive hit ITV show, For the Love of Dogs.Now, in his own unique voice, Paul O'Grady tells story of his early life in Irish Catholic Birkenhead that started him on the long and winding road from mischievous altar boy to national treasure. It is a brilliantly evoked, hilarious and often moving tale of gossip in the back yard, bragging in the corner shop and slanging matches on the front doorstep, populated by larger-than-life characters with hearts of gold and tongues as sharp as razors.At My Mother's Knee features an unforgettable cast of rogues, rascals, lovers, fighters, saints and sinners - and one iconic bus conductress. It's a book which really does have something for everyone and which reminds us that, when all's said and done, there's a bit of savage in all of us...Readers love At My Mother's Knee-'I laughed, I cried, I couldn't put it down and the characters really just jumped out of the page.' 'Candid, heart warming and also hilarious.' 'Wonderfully written, laugh out loud funny and poignant by turns.' *****

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Awards

Short-listed for Galaxy British Book Awards: Tesco Biography of the Year 2009

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Critic Reviews

“One of the most brilliantly observed testimonies to working-class life I've ever read”

-- Sue Carroll Mirror
Funny, well observed and recognisably human. Soon you start to wonder why all celebrity autobiographies can't be like this Private Eye
Among the three-for-two slew of sleb lit heaped on the tables of the nation's major bookshops... At My Mother's Knee distinguishes itself on every level -- Carol Ann Duffy Observer
Paul speaks with warmth and hilarity about a childhood filled with poverty. Hugely interesting and entertaining Heat
While most celeb memoirs are as memorable as an air kiss, O'Grady's is a proper snog Scotsman
Warmly funny, dry and mischievous... Genuine - and brilliant Daily Mail

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About the Author

Paul O'Grady first came to fame in the guise of Lily Savage, and was nominated for a Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival in 1991. Lily later became a regular on This Morning, took over the bed on The Big Breakfast and presented Blankety Blank. Paul, of course, went on to further success presenting his chat shows on Channel 4 and ITV, For the Love of Dogs and Animal Orphans on ITV, and his weekly show on BBC Radio 2, inter alia. His four volumes of autobiography - At My Mother's Knee, The Devil Rides Out, Still Standing and Open the Cage, Murphy - are all Sunday Times bestsellers.

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Paul O'Grady is one of Britain's very best loved entertainers. He is known and adored by millions as the creator of the acid-tongued Blonde Bombsite, Lily Savage and the presenter of the fantastically successful, award-winning Paul O'Grady Show on Channel 4. Now, in his own unique voice, Paul tells the story of his early life in Irish Catholic Birkenhead and his first steps on the long and winding road from mischievous altar boy to national treasure. It is a hilarious tale of gossip in the back yard, bragging in the corner shop and slanging matches on the front doorstep, populated by larger-than-life characters with hearts of gold and tongues as sharp as razors. Meet Paul in some of his earliest roles as boxer, civil servant, barman, cat-burglar and enthusiastic denizen of Liverpool's nightclub scene. At My Mother's Knee is a book which really does contain something for everyone and which reminds us that, when all's said and done, there's a bit of savage in all of us...

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Product Details

Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd | Bantam Books
Published
4th June 2009
Pages
480
ISBN
9780553819489

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