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"The farce always blends with sorrow, and the sense of cartoon families everywhere makes for touching sitcom drama."--Booklist
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A genuinely funny and original novel about mental illness, growing up and parental breakdown from much-loved comedienne Jo Brand.
Alice is five, and convinced she needs five personalities to cope. Her family, tucked in a cottage in deepest Herefordshire, are a bit weird. Her mother Gina is obsessed with the weatherman on the local news and when she climbs naked onto the roof with Alice's pet guinea pig in her arms, she is whisked off to the local psychiatric hospital. Keith, Alice's father, tries to keep calm, but his patience is severely tested by his in-laws. The only thing that gives Alice's hope is her love for Morrissey of The Smiths...
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
i'm a big fan of JO Brand and also used to be a psychiatric nurse. i found this book funny and well written. you can't help but feel sorry for the daughter who feels only Morissey can understand her predicament, and also the husband trying to cope with his wifw Gina who has the mental ilness. you find yourself laughing then feeling guilty for laughing at the whole surreal situation. but i found it accurate as to how frustrating, funny and emotional mental illness is to both the patient and the family.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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It's the first book I've wanted to read all through in a long while. It's a lot like the great teenage books that are around , but for grown ups!. I am the same age as Alice and have been taken back to my youth in a mostly lovely nostalgic way.I was and am a big fan of Morissey, but after reading this book a bigger fan of Jo Brand. Hope more are on the way!.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It's a bit slow to start but then it races along in very entertaining fashion. I was also surprised and delighted with the ending because I couldn't see how she was going to finish the story satisfactorily. But she did it brilliantly and with a superb flourish!
However, I think Jo's editor needs to to sort out a couple of the glaring anomalies before it comes out in paperback. The 'coupling' takes place in the sitting room and yet later on there's a mention of it having happened in the bedroom. See also page 146 where Alice's name miraculously changes to Gina and then back again. And somehow at one point Alice is first 19 and then suddenly 18 years old. Tut, tut - it's the editor's job to spot this kind of thing! (I know I'm being pedantic but when you read the book in one sitting as I did, you tend to notice that kind of thing).
A great read, though. Well done, Jo.
However, I think Jo's editor needs to to sort out a couple of the glaring anomalies before it comes out in paperback. The 'coupling' takes place in the sitting room and yet later on there's a mention of it having happened in the bedroom. See also page 146 where Alice's name miraculously changes to Gina and then back again. And somehow at one point Alice is first 19 and then suddenly 18 years old. Tut, tut - it's the editor's job to spot this kind of thing! (I know I'm being pedantic but when you read the book in one sitting as I did, you tend to notice that kind of thing).
A great read, though. Well done, Jo.
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A Realistic Read
I really enjoyed this book and as a born and bred Herefordian, I can say that the characters were all spot on! Read more
Published 11 months ago by Shirley Temper
Very much wanted to like this...
This looked like it should be a good read. I admire Jo Brand's intelligence, wit and perceptiveness and these are qualities which often make for an incisive and sensitively told... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Penelope Pitstop
The More You Ignore Me
Another really good book from Jo Brand. An amusing yet thought provoking insight into mental illness and the effects it has, not only on the sufferer but also on their family and... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Aileen
Charming and sweet story
I found this a very sweet little story dealing with a disturbing illness with humour and sympathy. I like Jo Brands writing and found this to be a pleasant reading experience with... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Mrs. P. J. Salsbury
Interesting and humerous and a must for Morrisey fans
Lovely little story. I'm an ex mental health nurse so really enjoyed seeing interesting characters with mental health issues treated sensitively, but genuinely. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Stephanie Pearce
Mental illness in society
This book was fascinating to read and was very sad but intensly funny as well. The characters are full of life as they know it. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Queenie
Best Ignored
I like Jo Brands humour, but it is not translated into this book. It has all the literary merit of a story one may expect to find serialised in a teen magazine. Read more
Published on 26 Nov 2009 by Chetflippo
The More You Ignore Me
I was given a signed copy of this book for my birthday. I am not a big fan of Joe Brand humour,I certainly would not watch her stand up routines, but I do not mind her as a person. Read more
Published on 21 Oct 2009 by Annie Bottle
Thoroughly disappointing
I am a massive Jo Brand fan, but this book was SO disappointing. I did not find it particularly humorous, just very sad, tragic, hopeless and in some places quite dark and... Read more
Published on 13 Oct 2009 by J. drake
Best Money I've Spent for a long time!
Well, i have to say 'bravo' to Jo Brand! What a wonderful book this is! I was laughing one minute and moved to tears the next. Read more
Published on 22 Sep 2009 by Billy Whizz
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