Author:Jennifer Saunders,Jennifer Saunders
Jennifer Saunders' comic creations have brought joy to millions. From Comic Strip to Comic Relief, from Bolly-swilling Edina in Ab Fab to her takes on Madonna or Mamma Mia, her characters are household names.
But it's Jennifer herself who has a place in all our hearts. This is her funny, moving and frankly bonkers memoir, filled with laughter, friends and occasional heartache - but never misery.
BONKERS is full of riotous adventures: accidentally enrolling on a teacher training course with a young Dawn French, bluffing her way to each BBC series, shooting Lulu, trading wild faxes with Joanna Lumley, touring India with Ruby Wax and Goldie Hawn.
There's cancer, too, when she becomes 'Brave Jen'. But her biggest battle is with the bane of her life: the Laws of Procrastination. As she admits, 'There has never been a Plan. Everything has been fairly random, happened by accident or just fallen into place. I'm off now, to do some sweeping...'
Prepare to chuckle, whoop, and go BONKERS.
Fabulous? Yes. Funny? Absolutely
—— Mail on SundayBeautifully written and frequently hilarious
—— GuardianDelightfully funny... she writes with moving honesty
—— Hello!Her account of battling breast cancer is as honest as it is uplifting
—— Daily Mail'Hilarious and brilliant'
—— Kirsty Young , BBC Radio 4Endearing and hilarious. If only all celebrity biographies were this funny
—— TelegraphHe comes across as hugely likeable and approachable.
—— Daily MailTouching, funny and warm-hearted.
—— Sunday MirrorTouching and funny ... it really is a top read.
—— SunWritten with real charm.
—— GuardianAffable, humble and unpretentious.
—— MetroLovely-jubbly.
—— ES MagazineAn engaging and entertaining read.
—— Daily ExpressI absolutely loved reading this because it was just like [he] were talking to me.
—— Lorraine KellyAn exceptional man who’s led an exceptional life…The book is wonderful ... It made me laugh a lot and then it made me quite weepy at times as well
—— Jo WhileyNow his autobiography is out in paperback and reading it is like having the man himself talk to you from the comfort of his armchair. It’s a fascinating insight into a lost world … A true gent.
—— Sun