‘Funny, clever and entertaining’
JO BRAND
‘One of our funniest people. She doesn’t just get sh*t done, she’ll make you cry with laughter while she does it. A brilliant read’
CARIAD LLOYD
‘Like Lucy herself, her hilarious book brims with glee and laser-sharp observation’
MEL GIEDROYC
‘One of the most consistently brilliant and hilarious comics of our generation’
SARAH KENDALL
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It’s 8.31am and you’ve already responded to a dozen of your boss’s deranged overnight work emails, got your kids off to school in something approximating a uniform, unblocked the shower drain with your actual bare hands and sorted out your mum’s supermarket order crisis.
Congratulations, you are a middle-aged woman who is getting sh*t done.
We all know it: midlife women are the glue that binds society together. We are invincible, all-powerful, and you mess with us at your peril. But we’re also quite knackered and we’d like a break please. In this hilarious and irreverent manifesto, Lucy Porter steers us through the trials of being the exhausted meat in the middle of the sandwich generation with her trademark wit, warmth and a hefty dose of righteous rage.
Part celebration, part rallying cry, this is a call to arms: women, put down your to-do lists and let someone else take on all the crap for a bit.
JO BRAND
‘One of our funniest people. She doesn’t just get sh*t done, she’ll make you cry with laughter while she does it. A brilliant read’
CARIAD LLOYD
‘Like Lucy herself, her hilarious book brims with glee and laser-sharp observation’
MEL GIEDROYC
‘One of the most consistently brilliant and hilarious comics of our generation’
SARAH KENDALL
_________
It’s 8.31am and you’ve already responded to a dozen of your boss’s deranged overnight work emails, got your kids off to school in something approximating a uniform, unblocked the shower drain with your actual bare hands and sorted out your mum’s supermarket order crisis.
Congratulations, you are a middle-aged woman who is getting sh*t done.
We all know it: midlife women are the glue that binds society together. We are invincible, all-powerful, and you mess with us at your peril. But we’re also quite knackered and we’d like a break please. In this hilarious and irreverent manifesto, Lucy Porter steers us through the trials of being the exhausted meat in the middle of the sandwich generation with her trademark wit, warmth and a hefty dose of righteous rage.
Part celebration, part rallying cry, this is a call to arms: women, put down your to-do lists and let someone else take on all the crap for a bit.
Reviews
Like Lucy herself, her hilarious book brims with glee and laser-sharp observation
Good bedtime reading if you're pissed off with the prevailing portrayal of middle-aged women. And it's funny and direct with a light touch. You don't have to read it in bed though. Rage away!
Lucy is one of the most consistently brilliant and hilarious comics of our generation. And I'm not just saying that because she's been my dearest friend for over seventy years
Lucy Porter is one of our funniest people. She doesn't just get sh*t done, she'll make you cry with laughter while she does it. A brilliant read