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Janey Godley (Author)

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Hardcover: 336 pages
Publisher: Ebury Press (2 Jun 2005)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0091900298
ISBN-13: 978-0091900298
Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 13.4 x 3.2 cm

Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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"'When you're bored of comedians telling you things you know and the comfortable laughter of recognition, go and watch Janey Godley for a change. You don't know what it's like to be Janey Godley - she does. And she can tell you all about it with wit, spirit and a truly unique comic voice.' Dave Gorman"

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A remarkably engaging and fluently written memoir of a life that makes the McCourt family look like the Von Trapps.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great read but heart-breaking at times. Glad she didn't become a "victim", 17 Sep 2009

Mrs. Catriona Wiggins "cosycat16" (glasgow/scotland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Handstands In The Dark: A True Story of Growing Up and Survival (Paperback)

What a life for one person to have to endure! I'm so glad that Janey Godley managed to find the humour to get her through and take her life in the direction it did rather than just becoming another "victim of childhood abuse".
I have attended a couple of Janey's stand up shows and have thoroughly enjoyed her great sense of humour and the ability to tell her story with a smile on her face.
Great read but heartbreaking at times.
Well done Janey!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Just amazing!, 20 Jun 2005

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I was stunned by this book,it's not just a book about an abused child, in fact it is so much more. I laughed and cried and could not stop turning the pages constantly I sat up all night to read it through. She is a funny woman in real life as I have saw her comedy shows in london, but to know her so much more is just fantastic. I loved the book. The stories about the guns and gangsters are just so real and gripping it made me surprised about her life, she doesn't seem like a gangster's moll at all when you meet her.

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5.0 out of 5 stars amazing read, 27 Aug 2006

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Beautifully written and entertaining. What a hard life Janey Godley has had! Sometimes this book was very hard to read, very upsetting and disturbing. Janey must have nerves of steel to have made it through this life.

She has witnessed so much violence in her life, sometimes it is hard to appreciate why Janey stayed with her partner for so long.

A fantastic read - heartbreaking. A MUST BUY

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1.0 out of 5 stars Incredulous
I sympathize with any abused child and this is probably why as a teen a nd adult the author comes across as a fNtasist. The mother I couldn't sympathize with at all. Read more

Published on 7 Nov 2009 by Elaine Porter

4.0 out of 5 stars A well presented memoir but a little confusing!
This book is about Janeys life up until the early 90's i think, i found it difficult to keep track of the years and i was never sure if it was still in the 80's or it had jumped... Read more

Published on 21 April 2009 by mskittenheels

1.0 out of 5 stars Poorly written with no purpose to it
This a quite remarkably badly written book. The subject matter is certainly there (abused as a child, marries into a gangster family, runs a pub in a dodgy area of Glasgow), yet... Read more

Published on 27 April 2008 by whatlep

3.0 out of 5 stars Somewhat Lacking
This book started well, there was a story to be told here. I could feel myself pittying this poor child in this disfuctional family but as the book moved on and her life moved on... Read more

Published on 28 Dec 2007 by Ken Woodmixer

5.0 out of 5 stars Handstands in the Dark
This book is amazing! It was not what I expected but a million times better, I honestly could not put this book down, I was reading it at work when I was supposed to be working... Read more

Published on 24 Mar 2006 by Miss R Akroyd

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