Truths from an Unreliable Witness

Finding laughter in the darkest of dark places

Truths from an Unreliable Witness
Fiona O'Loughlin
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Paperback
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27 Oct 2020 AU
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9780733645709
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Fiona O' Loughlin was raised in the generation of children who were to be seen, but not heard . . . unless there were guests in the house. Then she' d watch everyone, telling stories, making each other laugh. This was where she discovered the rhythm of stories and the lubrication that alcohol leant the telling. Years later, as a mum of five, Fiona would become one of Australia' s most-loved comedians, performing gigs in New York, Montreal, Singapore, London, Toronto and Edinburgh. Fiona looked like she was living her dream - but she was hiding a secret in open sight, using alcoholism as material for her comedy and using comedy as an excuse for her alcoholism. Truths from an Unreliable Witness is a fiercely honest and wryly funny memoir of melancholy, love, marriage, the loss of love and marriage, homelessness, of hotel rooms strewn with empty mini-bar bottles of vodka, of waking from a two-week coma, of putrid drug dens and using a jungle to confront yourself. It is about hitting rock bottom and then realising you are only halfway down. Ultimately, it' s about hanging on to your last straw of sanity and finding laughter in the darkest of times. You may want to sit down for this. . .
Fiona O' Loughlin is Australian comedy royalty with an award-winning career of almost twenty years. Fiona performs to packed houses across the globe, from headlining the world-renowned Improv Comedy Club in LA, to repeat seasons in Hong Kong, and performing at Edinburgh Fringe, Montreal' s Just For Laughs Comedy Festival, the UK' s Leicester Comedy Festival, Adelaide Fringe and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. As well as a critically acclaimed stand-up comedian, Fiona is an accomplished author, publishing Me of the Never Never in 2013. She has also appeared on I' m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, Good News Week, Spicks and Specks and Celebrity Apprentice among many others. Fiona lives in Adelaide.
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ISBN-13: 9780733645709
Published: 27 Oct 2020
Published In: Australia
Imprint: Hachette Australia
Publisher: Hachette Australia
Format: Paperback
Weight: 300g
Pages: 336

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