I’m so delighted I chose to review this in the audio format because what else could be better than Daisy May Cooper reading her own memoir? She tells every story with equal humor and enthusiasm, in the unique style that we have come to know and love about her. By sharing tales of how I accidentally auditioned to be a pole-dancer to being catfished by a one-armed internet boyfriend, I answer all of life's great mysteries: Thank goodness for gloriously silly Daisy May Cooper. Joyful, irreverent and totally uplifting' The Times

Perfect for anyone who loved This Country or wants to learn about how Cooper got her break in comedy Funny WomenThis audiobook is narrated by Daisy May Cooper and includes an exclusive, bonus interview with Daisy and her Dad, Paul Cooper. How much of a humiliating, ridiculous, screw-up of a sh**-storm life do you need to have led before you finally achieve your dream . . . ? She writes very well on the humiliations of poverty, without losing her sense of humour . . . It's a riot from start to finish Sunday Express

The funniest book you'll read this year, written by the most relatable woman in the world, Daisy May CooperI have lived the most humiliating, ridiculous, screw-up of a life but Mum was right, you've just got to remember, sometimes the worst experiences make the most entertaining stories. Mum, I auditioned to be a stripper by snogging a pole and was laughed off the stage by a bunch of topless dancers.' This audiobook is narrated by Daisy May Cooper and includes an exclusive bonus interview with Daisy and her dad, Paul Cooper.

There’s just so much about life being hard and general negativity about everything and everyone. It is very much a poor, poor me type of memoir. I’ve read much more positive accounts from holocaust and World War II survivors! It was heart wrenching hearing Daisy discuss her days of living on the poverty line before the break through of “This Country,” and she is a testimony to all those who pushed through the darkest of times, persevered and carried on fighting for their dreams. Her strength, courage and determination to succeed shines through this, under the protection of her signature hysterical, and eye watering humor.I've always had an over-active imagination and felt the urge to be a massive f**king show-off so acting seemed like the obvious choice of career. There was never anything else I wanted to do more. But fulfilling my ambition wasn't going to be easy . . . There are so many mad crazy experiences in the book that I did, on occasion, question whether not they could all really be true. I'm choosing to believe that they are. The Cooper family certainly seem bonkers enough for that to be the case. Cooper is casual and caustic as she looks at the bright side and the darker underbelly of showbiz The Times Memoirs are often described as 'honest' but it's rare that someone would write as honestly as Cooper Funny Women

Thanks for writing this book, Daisy. It's excellent and you are amazing, and if I could award you more starts then I would. Thanks lifting the lid on life as a wannabe actress and sharing your heartbreaking stories of all you had to endure whilst trying to 'make it' in showbiz. I'm so glad you got there in the end. Nobody deserves it more than you and Charlie.Since I was little, I've had a cast of characters living inside my head, an over-active imagination and the urge to be a massive f**king show-off. Not only was my family completely insane, but we grew up battling rural poverty, and together with my brother Charlie, I staggered my way through adolescence like a p**sed-up butterfly. I started writing. Just to make Charlie laugh, I created a character called Kerry. She was like so many girls from around where we lived, and inspired by the school bullies from when I was at Deer Park secondary. She was oafish and selfish, but underneath it all she had a big heart. We started filming two-minute sketches. The videos got zero views on YouTube, but Charlie and I pissed ourselves Daisy May Cooper at 16, with brother Charlie, 13: ‘Mum took pictures of me and Charlie to send to our grandparents. I tried to be sultry, hoping they would show their fit neighbour.’ Photograph: courtesy of Daisy May Cooper