At My Mother's Knee...And Other Low Joints

Oct 5, 2024 6:53 PM

Author:Paul O'Grady

THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER

'Warmly funny, dry and mischievous . . . Genuine and brilliant.' Daily Mail

Paul O'Grady is one of Britain's very best loved entertainers. He is known and adored by millions, whether as the creator of the acid-tongued Blonde Bombsite, Lily Savage, the presenter of the fantastically successful, award-winning Paul O'Grady Show on Channel 4 or the massive hit ITV show, For the Love of Dogs.

Now, in his own unique voice, Paul O'Grady tells story of his early life in Irish Catholic Birkenhead that started him on the long and winding road from mischievous altar boy to national treasure. It is a brilliantly evoked, hilarious and often moving tale of gossip in the back yard, bragging in the corner shop and slanging matches on the front doorstep, populated by larger-than-life characters with hearts of gold and tongues as sharp as razors.

At My Mother's Knee features an unforgettable cast of rogues, rascals, lovers, fighters, saints and sinners - and one iconic bus conductress. It's a book which really does have something for everyone and which reminds us that, when all's said and done, there's a bit of savage in all of us...

Readers love At My Mother's Knee:

'I laughed, I cried, I couldn't put it down and the characters really just jumped out of the page.' *****

'Candid, heart warming and also hilarious.' *****

'Wonderfully written, laugh out loud funny and poignant by turns.' *****

Reviews

One of the most brilliantly observed testimonies to working-class life I've ever read

—— Sue Carroll , Mirror

Funny, well observed and recognisably human. Soon you start to wonder why all celebrity autobiographies can't be like this

—— Private Eye

Among the three-for-two slew of sleb lit heaped on the tables of the nation's major bookshops... At My Mother's Knee distinguishes itself on every level

—— Carol Ann Duffy , Observer

Paul speaks with warmth and hilarity about a childhood filled with poverty. Hugely interesting and entertaining

—— Heat

While most celeb memoirs are as memorable as an air kiss, O'Grady's is a proper snog

—— Scotsman

Warmly funny, dry and mischievous... Genuine - and brilliant

—— Daily Mail

Intriguing and informed

—— Tom Whipple , The Times

Twenty-five essay-chapters examine 'cures' such as aspirin and thalidomide, all with a good bedside manner

—— Sunday Telegraph

This is a gripping history of the blundering progress of medicine

—— Christopher Hirst , Independent

A fascinating and irreverent history of medicine and those who've claimed to understand it, written by an NHS doctor with searing intelligence and a lively wit

—— Good Book Guide

A fascinating book

—— Word Magazine

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