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Jokes, Jokes, Jokes

My Very Funny Memoir

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Jokes, Jokes, Jokes

By: Jenny Eclair
Narrated by: Jenny Eclair
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 'Really funny & engaging. A breeze and a pleasure to read' Katherine Ryan

'As hilarious and outrageous as you might expect' Rosie Ramsey

'Funny. Poignant. Fascinating. Just the sort of hilarious, disrespectful, ribald book I love to get stuck into' Jo Brand

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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.

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''Laugh out loud and moved to tears. Highly recommended' Josie Lawrence
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'A tonic for the soul' Jennie Godfrey
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Absolutely loved this autobiography from Jenny! 5 star brilliant from start to finish with lots of laugh out loud moments managed to finish it in one day

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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.

Lived up to its title

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Jenny’s natural writing ability shines through. Relatable and enlightening, wonderfully honest and self deprecating. Highly recommended

Funny, honest, endearing

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Such a good book , read in 2-3 days. That’s always a sign it was interesting. Loved listening to Jenny’s voice too. Very funny but interesting in equal measures. Would highly recommend 😊

So funny great read

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This very honest account is a breath of fresh air, and it also made me laugh. Really touching moments too. Such a plus having it read to me by Jenny herself.

Honest, funny and rather touching.

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