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A genuinely funny and original novel about mental illness, growing up and parental breakdown from much-loved comedienne Jo Brand.

Alice is five, and convinced she needs five personalities to cope. Her family, tucked in a cottage in deepest Herefordshire, are a bit weird. Her mother Gina is obsessed with the weatherman on the local news and when she climbs naked onto the roof with Alice''s pet guinea pig in her arms, she is whisked off to the local psychiatric hospital. Keith, Alice''s father, tries to keep calm, but his patience is severely tested by his in-laws. The only thing that gives Alice''s hope is her love for Morrissey of The Smiths...

The More You Ignore Me

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      Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 07/01/2010
      ISBN13: 9780755322329, 978-0755322329
      ISBN10: 755322320

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A genuinely funny and original novel about mental illness, growing up and parental breakdown from much-loved comedienne Jo Brand.

      Alice is five, and convinced she needs five personalities to cope. Her family, tucked in a cottage in deepest Herefordshire, are a bit weird. Her mother Gina is obsessed with the weatherman on the local news and when she climbs naked onto the roof with Alice''s pet guinea pig in her arms, she is whisked off to the local psychiatric hospital. Keith, Alice''s father, tries to keep calm, but his patience is severely tested by his in-laws. The only thing that gives Alice''s hope is her love for Morrissey of The Smiths...

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