Jokes, Jokes, Jokes
My Very Funny Memoir
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Jenny Eclair
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'Funny. Poignant. Fascinating. Just the sort of hilarious, disrespectful, ribald book I love to get stuck into' Jo Brand
How did little Jenny Hargreaves become Jenny Eclair and elbow her way into the male dominated world of 1980s stand-up?
Daughter of Major Derek Hargreaves (spy?) and June Hargreaves (spy's wife?) sister of Sara (born to be Head Girl) and Ben (the usurper), Jenny's comedy career took off via drama school, cider, sausage rolls, sleeping with men who looked like they lived under a carpet, punk poetry, anorexia, bedsit misery, waitressing and not really having a clue about anything.
This was a world before microphones, mobile phones, before everyone gave up smoking or started taking coke. Jenny Eclair was on the comedy circuit before there really was a comedy circuit and was the first woman to win the Perrier Award along the way.
Still gigging to sell-out crowds forty years later, Jenny Eclair's memoir charts her childhood, her career and the changing face of women in comedy, all told with hilarious brilliance in Jokes, Jokes, Jokes, her very funny memoir.©2024 Jenny Eclair (P)2024 Hachette Audio UK
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- Annie
- 15-10-24
Honest and poignant
Really enjoyed this read by Jenny. She doesn’t hold back and this gripped me from start to finish. Thoroughly recommend
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- Mrs B.
- 08-11-24
Honest and Funny
Brilliantly read by Jenny. A funny and honest book, Jenny doesn't shy away from owning mistakes she has made, but her love, and pride, for her family shines through. At times it also brought me to tears when she talks about her parents love. It made me laugh out loud, and occasionally snort, Not a good when dog walking. It was a joy to listen too.
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- Dynasty83
- 03-11-24
Lived up to its title
Both really funny and genuinely touching in places. Some real laugh out loud moments during this trip down memory lane with in the world of comedy.
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- ShabadooGMan
- 10-11-24
One of the very best comedian memoirs
What a phenomenal writer Jenny is. And, obviously, performed to perfection here. What a life. What a comedian. What a ("grumpy old") woman. Fantastic.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-12-24
A gem!
Great as ever. So entertaining and expertly read and written. I just love your writing, Jenny.
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- Alex Grundy
- 05-12-24
Funny funny funny
Loved this - Jenny Eclair is a great storyteller and talented comic. So engaging and enjoyable
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- Anon
- 26-10-24
Highly recommended
I really enjoyed this book. Wonderfully read and written. Real, covering a range of emotions, and lots of laughs
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- Kyle Mcalister
- 17-10-24
Absolutely brilliant memoir read perfectly by Jenny herself. Laugh out loud funny honest and brave.
Thoroughly enjoyed reading this, you won’t want to stop. Details her life all the way from babyhood to present day. Searingly honest and self deprecating the exploits she got herself into are many and varied and she doesn’t shy away from telling us it all. Brilliant book by one of our national treasures.
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- Jane
- 29-10-24
Honest and throughly entertaining.
Very honest memoir as you would expect from Jenny. She describes herself warts and all which is very rare these days. Her description of family life in the 60's and 70's, brought back fond memories of my own childhood and her love for her parents shines through, without the gushing sentimentality so prevalent today.
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- Vivien Aggett
- 15-10-24
Funny, poignant and reminiscent.
Fabulous recounting of 60s/70s childhood and teenage years which brought back so many memories that had been forgotten.
Jenny Eclair’s delivery exudes warmth, honesty and humour. Though sequential time wise, the divergent asides she takes you on give variety and depth to different episodes in her life. Loved every minute of it!
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