Some great heartbreaking moments of how Daisy overcame class adversity and poverty tied with the surreal and ridiculous moments of tragedy that you can only find humour in. This audiobook is narrated by Daisy May Cooper and includes an exclusive, bonus interview with Daisy and her Dad, Paul Cooper. Daisy narrates the story really well and does lots of funny voices, and she slightly goes of piste into other little chats that aren't in the book.

Her strength, courage and determination to succeed shines through this, under the protection of her signature hysterical, and eye watering humor. Together with my brother Charlie, I staggered my way through adolescence from one drama to the next until finally, after years of trying, we had This Country commissioned by the BBC.She tells every story with equal humor and enthusiasm, in the unique style that we have come to know and love about her. Daisy May manages to convey the brutal reality of living in poverty, feeling hopeless and desperately trying to make it with her dream career without what you’re reading being completely fucking harrowing. Daisy and Charlie are contracted to do a cleaning job for three hours, but manage to do it in 20 minutes. I've since watched all three seasons of This County three times through again and I've been so excited waiting for the book to land. And just how much of a humiliating, ridiculous, screw-up of a s**t-storm life did I need to lead before I could finally realise my dream?

The family also always believed in her dream to become an actor which was characterised by setback after setback. She came across well on Taskmaster, I find her really funny and loved This Country, especially coming from the same rural area I totally get it all, but this book does nothing to make me think she’s a particularly decent or kind person.Having no empathy or any sort of kindness, or understanding (even in retrospect) for the boy whom she met through a chat room, who had not told her about his disability, and then whom she did not speak to for the entire weekend he stayed (parents really, he slept in her room? Thanks lifting the lid on life as a wannabe actress and sharing your heartbreaking stories of all you had to endure whilst trying to 'make it' in showbiz. There are so many mad crazy experiences in the book that I did, on occasion, question whether not they could all really be true. Mum, I spent all my student loan accidently on a penthouse suite in a fancy hotel in Marble Arch, now I face getting kicked out of drama school. is* funny, don't misunderstand me; it's bawdy, hilarious, wince-inducing, rude, self-deprecating, vulgar, and brutally honest, but there are also moments of real darkness.

My only criticism is that the book ended a bit abruptly; I was so ready to hear about Daisy finally making it and about how the Coopers lives fiiiinally changed for the better but the book just…ended. One of the most hilarious books I’ve read - so many anecdotes I was nearly crying with laughter on the train.Still the funniest book I’ve touched in a long time and I’d be up for reading any number of sequels. Well, of course they don’t manage to do it in 20 minutes, they do the absolute bare minimum which is obvious to the staff who have to work in a dirty environment. Overall a darker and more tragic read than what I was expecting, but with some good laugh out loud moments.

This is a real insight into Daisy's life pre-This Country (which is an absolute banger of a show btw) and how she grew up in poverty. My personal highlights were the coke can incident, the one liner about Daisy's old pet hamster and his whiplash, and the whole chapter on Thaddeus Toogood - comedy gold. I didn't think it was necessary to have those parts because there were proper photos in 2 sections of the book.This book starts off amazing and until about 3/4 of the way through stays consistently funny (I’m still thinking about that showcase in under the pub) but I can’t help but feel the last few chapters were really rushed! I know it's supposed to make me laugh, but I just felt so very sad for Daisy May and her family - growing up in chaos, dealing with loss and severe financial worries. Daisy was such a tonic during the lockdowns with her Instagram romance escapades, so I couldn’t wait to read this. Also some of the photocopied pages of old school stories and notes and stuff I couldn't read them the print was very small and the writing was hard to read.