{"product_id":"jokes-jokes-jokes-my-very-funny-memoir","title":"Jokes, Jokes, Jokes: My Very Funny Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Nominated for Best Book at the 2025 Chortle Awards*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Really funny \u0026amp; engaging. A breeze and a pleasure to read' \u003cb\u003eKatherine Ryan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'As hilarious and outrageous as you might expect' \u003cb\u003eRosie Ramsey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Funny. Poignant. Fascinating. Just the sort of hilarious, disrespectful, ribald book I love to get stuck into' \u003cb\u003eJo Brand\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e How did little Jenny Hargreaves become Jenny Eclair and elbow her way into the male dominated world of 1980s stand-up?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Daughter of Major Derek Hargreaves (spy?) and June Hargreaves (spy's wife?) sister of Sara (born to be Head Girl) and Ben (the usurper), Jenny's comedy career took off via drama school, cider, sausage rolls, sleeping with men who looked like they lived under a carpet, punk poetry, anorexia, bedsit misery, waitressing and \u003cb\u003enot really having a clue about anything\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This was a world before microphones, mobile phones, before everyone gave up smoking or started taking coke. Jenny Eclair was on the comedy circuit before there really was a comedy circuit and was the first woman to win the Perrier Award along the way.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Still gigging to sell-out crowds forty years later, Jenny Eclair's memoir charts her childhood, her career and the changing face of women in comedy, all told with hilarious brilliance in \u003ci\u003eJokes, Jokes, Jokes\u003c\/i\u003e, her very funny memoir.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMORE PRAISE FOR JOKES, JOKES, JOKES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ''Laugh out loud and moved to tears. Highly recommended' \u003cb\u003eJosie Lawrence\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Rude, honest and funny' \u003cb\u003eDom Joly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'I love this book!' \u003cb\u003eHelen Lederer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A tonic for the soul' \u003cb\u003eJennie Godfrey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Hilarious' \u003cb\u003eJulian Clary\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'You'll love it!' \u003cb\u003eAnthea Turner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/jenny-eclair-books\"\u003eJenny Eclair\u003c\/a\u003e (all their books in stock)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Self-Help, Happiness\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Little, Brown Book Group Limited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781408732076\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group Limited","offers":[{"title":"New — £1.86","offer_id":47915687575729,"sku":"SB-1408732076-C0","price":1.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £1.33","offer_id":47915687608497,"sku":"SB-1408732076-C3","price":1.33,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1408732076.jpg?v=1789679879","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/jokes-jokes-jokes-my-very-funny-memoir","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}