Jo Brand started life as a good girl, became a bad one for quite a bit, but now she's gunning for Reformed 'Man Hater' turned National Disgrace. Being grumpy enables her to react in a perfectly reasonable way to things that in the past she would have suppressed for the sake of keeping the peace/being polite/not making someone angry. Starting comedy at thirty (and as an ex-psychiatric nurse) also meant she gave much less of a toss about what other people thought of her. The host of several TV shows including the award-winning Channel 4 show, Through The Cakehole, Jo has made legendary appearances on many others from Have I Got News For You to Would I Lie To You to QI. She is married, has two daughters and lives in London
Jo Brand is a good writer, and this book is full of engaging, witty prose, just like her comedy...Informed and insightful * CULTURE CALLING * BORN LIPPY tackles serious subjects between the laughs * BBC Online * Sassy...feisty and funny * SUNDAY EXPRESS * Salty advice on how great expectations may crumble yet prove useful in the long run * SUNDAY TIMES, PICK OF THE DAY * Taking on all the major issues ; Feminism, Social Media, Friendship, Parenting and perhaps most crucially - why there isn't an anti wrinkle cream for testicles, BORN LIPPY is funny, clever and very rude. Just like Jo. * MORWENNA BANKS * If you want to get really useful advice about life's problems, go to someone who has messed things up, admitted it, then got back on track. Jo Brand is such a person...full of insights and hard-won wisdom * DAILY MAIL * Funny, feisty and full of life... I loved this book -- PHILIP SCHOFIELD * THIS MORNING * A must-read guide to life as a woman, including heckling as a life skill; how to like yourself; what happens when you turn into your mother, and other things Brand wishes she'd known earlier. -- HELENA KENNEDY * MAIL ON SUNDAY * 'Moving, funny and most of all useful. A collection of all the things Brand wishes she'd known, things she's learnt and the things she hopes for the future. * SCOTSMAN * I loved BORN LIPPY... The humour is vintage Brand. * SUNDAY TIMES * A hilarious must-have bible for anyone wanting to get gobby... I bloody loved this book. So smart, so funny. I wish I'd had it years ago. * SARAH MILLICAN *