Handstands In The Dark

A True Story of Growing Up and Survival

Handstands In The Dark
Janey Godley
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Paperback
h198 x 126mm - 432pg
6 Aug 2020 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9781529106862
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Born in the tough East End of Glasgow and married into one of the city' s most notorious criminal families, Janey Godley' s young life was far from ordinary. From the grim and far-from-swinging 60s, to the discos of the 70s, to the tidal wave of heroin addiction which engulfed Glasgow' s East End during the 1980s, Janey was witness to an extraordinary underworld - as well as religious sectarianism, abject poverty and a frightening family of in-laws. Throughout it all, her indomitable spirit - and her vivid sense of humour - kept her alive. A vivid, intimate and darkly funny account of a life less ordinary, Handstands in the Dark tells the story of how one girl escaped a chaotic family and became one of the UK' s most popular comedic talents.
An inspirational book * Daily Mail * A remarkably engaging and fluently written memoir -- Stephanie Merritt * The Observer * Genuinely compelling and very brave * Glasgow Herald * If the school of hard knocks handed out degrees, Janey Godley would have a PH by now. . . a harrowing memoir. . . Godley finds the irony and absurdity in the most godforsaken situations, yet unlike a lot of comics she' s brave and honest enough to reveal her innermost emotions, and it' s this sincerity that gives her streetwise revelations such bite * The Guardian * Powerful. . . passionate. . . poignant. . . a rising star of stand-up * The Scotsman *
Janey Godley is an award-winning comedian from Glasgow and something very different on the comedy circuit. She has performed stand-up all over the world and had her first play performed at the Edinburgh Festival in 2003. This is her first book.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781529106862
Published: 6 Aug 2020
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Ebury Press
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 126mm
Pages: 432

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