A little girl in a cinema. She nudges her best mate, points at the screen, and says: I am going to be up there one day. She was. She still is. From working with the enigmatic Tony Wilson at Granada in 1978, to starring in one of the greatest independent films of all time, Letter To Brezhnev, in 1985, readers are invited to hitch a ride on a road movie with Margaret Bernadette Clarke. The outspoken, hard-nosed star talks about her time on controversial shows The Tube and The Word. Soap followed: Brookside, Family Affairs, Queenie in Making Out and, most recently Coronation Street s Jackie Dobbs. The real Margi Clarke tells it as it is... There s the day she was chatted up by a Beatle; the time nurse Clarke gave Jack Nicholson medical advice with a difference.The laughs behind turning down the Sheriff of Nottingham.Working with The Pet Shop Boys, The Sex Pistols and Paul Gascoigne s striking offer.The day she offered Kenny Dalglish a Match of the Day that can t be televised. Get a back-stage pass to the parties and rock and roll circus and how her own personal re-hab treatment from drugs worked with a soul rinse. This is the autobiography of Margi Clarke survivor. Show biz survival guides that will make you laugh and cry in equal measure. It s a tale of a girl who can t say no . . . to a challenge always defiantly coming through smiling. She s only written one book before Margi Clarke s Better than Sex Cookbook. This book is better than sex. Margi unplugged bare and brutally funny.
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A disarmingly frank, sometimes shocking, often laugh out loud funny memoir from a larger than life character everyone has an opinion on.
It's not often you can read a book of this genre and identify so strongly with the themes of time and place described in Margi's long overdue book, but in 'Margi: Now You See Me', she invites you to take a very personal, warts and all journey with her.
As a story of a feisty young woman growing up in Liverpool at a time of great social and political change, it's an important document in itself. Add to this, hilarious anecdotes and very moving personal stories of love and loss and the search for an identity in an all too conformist world, it's one of the few autobiographies of recent years that seems to get the balance right - jokey when needed, questioning when required, but above all a glimpse into the personal and private life of a strong woman we all think we know... now we can.
Unreservedly recommended.
Matthew Walsh
It's not often you can read a book of this genre and identify so strongly with the themes of time and place described in Margi's long overdue book, but in 'Margi: Now You See Me', she invites you to take a very personal, warts and all journey with her.
As a story of a feisty young woman growing up in Liverpool at a time of great social and political change, it's an important document in itself. Add to this, hilarious anecdotes and very moving personal stories of love and loss and the search for an identity in an all too conformist world, it's one of the few autobiographies of recent years that seems to get the balance right - jokey when needed, questioning when required, but above all a glimpse into the personal and private life of a strong woman we all think we know... now we can.
Unreservedly recommended.
Matthew Walsh
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By frodo2010
Format:Hardcover
This book was good to read about Marjis upbringing in Liverpool & also about her brother. I have been a fan of Margi since 1998 when she first appeared in Coronation Street as Jackie Dobbs. She is such a true Liverpudlian.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By gabbie
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If you like Margi at all you'll love this book. A must-have for autobiography lovers. A peek into her sometimes crazy life, showing a huge heart, and oft times, as in music, pure soul is shown. EMOTIONAL.
Margi: Now You See Me
Margi: Now You See Me
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Determined scouse diva
I absolutely love this book and wonderfully written and easy to follow. Margi's shows that throughly steely determination, commitment and talent anyone from any background can be... Read more
Published 19 months ago by mrbluesky1uk
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One for the fans
I've always been a fan of Margi Clarke, the talented actress, singer and TV personality who was once hailed as "The Queen Of Liverpool" by Malcolm Mclaren. Read more
Published on 9 Jan 2011 by ReviewBlog51
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Published on 28 Dec 2010 by Mr. A. S. Robinson
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margi
couldn't wait to finish this book, i found it hard going, i like Margi Clarke as a comedienne/actress but not as an author.
won't be passing it on to friends.
won't be passing it on to friends.
Published on 27 Dec 2010 by brengaf
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