Things I Couldn't Tell My Mother

My Autobiography

Sue Johnston

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Ebury Press
15 March 2012

Individual actors & performers; Television; Biography; Autobiography: arts & entertainment

A funny, evocative and profoundly moving autobiography by one of our best-loved actresses

'There was a lot that we kept from my mother. My dad would say to me as a teenager ""Don't tell your mother."" We couldn't face the disapproval.'

Sue Johnston always seemed to be disappointing her mother. As a girl she never stayed clean and tidy like her cousins. As she grew older, she spent all her piano lesson money on drinks for her mates down the pub, and when she discovered The Cavern she was never at home. The final straw was when Sue left her steady job at a St Helen's factory to try her hand at that unsteadiest of jobs- acting.

Yet when Sue was bringing up her own child alone, her mother was always there to help. And playing her much-loved characters Sheila Grant in Waking the Dead and Barbara in The Royle Family- although her mum wouldn't say she was proud as such, she certainly seemed to approve. And in her mother's final months, it was Sue she needed by her side.

The relationship with your mother is perhaps the most precious and fraught of any woman's life. When she began writing, Sue set out to record 'all the big things, and all the small things. Everything I wanted to tell my mother but felt I never could'. The result is a warm, poignant and often very funny memoir by one of Britain's favourite actresses.

By: Sue Johnston
Imprint: Ebury Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 126mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 274g
ISBN: 9780091938901
ISBN 10: 0091938902
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 15 March 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sue Johnston's many much-loved roles include Sheila Grant in Brookside, Barbara in The Royle Family, Sal Vine in Jam & Jerusalem and Dr Grace Foley in Waking the Dead, and she is soon to begin a new role in Coronation Street. Born in 1943 in Warrington near Liverpool, Sue has stayed true to her Northern roots - she has been no stranger to picket lines and is a staunch supporter of her beloved Liverpool Football Club. Sue has a son, Joel, and in 2009 she was awarded an OBE.

Reviews for Things I Couldn't Tell My Mother: My Autobiography

Searingly honest Daily Mail Candid, affectionate ... Johnston's unadorned prose style, blending tender personal recollection with just enough showbiz gossip to season the narrative, is like listening to her chatting to you over a cup of tea - **** -- Michael Simkins Mail on Sunday Warm, fascinating but brutally honest memoir Mirror She lays bare the complicated and often difficult relationship she had with her mother with humour, warmth and honesty. Wonderful reading for mothers and daughters alike Prima Racily readable, humorous autobiography Saga magazine