Description
The hilarious and remarkably honest autobiography from the star of Mrs Brown's Boys, Brendan O'Carroll
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Before he became the nation's favourite Mammy, Brendan O'Carroll was known simply as Brendan.
The youngest of ten children from a poor family in Dublin, his father died when he was just nine years old. Leaving school at the mere 12 years of age, Brendan began what would become a long and varied working life; he would go on to be a waiter, a publican, a window cleaner and a publisher amongst other jobs.
Throughout the tough moments, Brendan always had humour and a good story to tell alongside the ever-guiding inspiration of his own Mammy, a formidable figure who became Ireland's first female Labour MP.
In his own unique voice, Brendan O'Carroll strings together the threads of his life, a helter-skelter story tracing the helter-skelter journey of a scrawny kid from Finglas, Dublin to TV screens around the world.
Told with warmth, humour, a touch of mischievousness - and more than a few coincidences - this is the fascinating story of the one and only, Brendan O'Carroll.
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About the Author
Brendan O'Carroll born on the 17th September 1955, is an Irish writer, comedian, actor, producer, director and author. He is a member of Mensa and he's best-known for writing popular television sitcom Mrs Brown's Boys, playing Agnes Brown. The show won the comedy award at the NTAs five times won three BAFTA Scotland awards and in 2012 won a BAFTA TV Award for Best Situation Comedy. Brendan has also written four films including The Course (1995) and The Last Wedding (1999). He has also published seven novels including The Mammy, The Scrapper and The Young Wan - a number of which have been translated into twelve languages
Reviews
A story of humour born of pain, success wrung from adversity and of the steely ambition beneath the affable exterior * Sunday Life *
Book Information
ISBN 9780241483664
Author Brendan O'Carroll
Format Hardback
Page Count 384
Imprint Michael Joseph Ltd
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 629g
Dimensions(mm) 240mm * 162mm * 35mm