Look Back in Hunger [Hardcover]

Jo Brand (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2009

Jo Brand is one of Britain's funniest and best-loved comedians. With a sharp eye for the absurd and in her own unique voice she tells her story for the first time. What possessed her to become a professional comedian in the cut-throat world of stand-up comedy after ten years as a psychiatric nurse? How did she deal with late night drunken audiences? Raised in middle class comfort, she left home in her teens to live with someone entirely inappropriate. Her parents were aghast at her behaviour and attempted to rein in her excesses, finally giving up when she demonstrated that she was not headed for the life of a nun. From her early years growing up in a small south coast town with two brothers who toughened her up, to emerging on stage as 'The Sea Monster', Jo Brand tells it like it is with wit, candour and a wonderful sense that life can be ridiculous but there's always a funny side.

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About the Author

Jo Brand is a stand-up comic with many TV and radio shows to her name. She is married with two children and lives in South London.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Headline Hardbacks (October 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0755355237
• ISBN-13: 978-0755355235
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,084,022 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars disappointing, May 30, 2011

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Allen Taylor (Coupeville, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Look Back in Hunger (Kindle Edition)

Love Jo Brand. Not this book. Overly detailed autobiography of early life, much of it boring. Kept waiting for her standup years so waded through the rest. Her life as a nurse was interesting but I could have done without the endless recaps of drunken escapades. Missed her wit.