{"product_id":"jokes-jokes-jokes-9781408732076","title":"Jokes Jokes Jokes","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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\u003eHow did little Jenny Hargreaves become Jenny Eclair and elbow her way into the male dominated world of 1980s stand-up?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDaughter 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\u003e not really having a clue about anything\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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\u003eStill 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\u003e Jennie 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","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51138264891735,"sku":"9781408732076","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781408732076.jpg?v=1751918662","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/jokes-jokes-jokes-9781408732076","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}