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I Laughed, I Cried: How One Woman Took On Stand-Up and (Almost) Ruined Her Life

When is it too late to become the person you were meant to be? Viv Groskop is fed up, recession-scarred and pushing 40. She always wanted to be a stand-up comedian. But surely that's not advisable if you have three children, a mortgage and a husband who hates stand-up comedy? With no time to waste, she attempts the mother of all comedy marathons-100 gigs in 100 nights. She laughs. Sometimes at her own jokes. Occasionally the audience laughs too. Often they don't. And she cries. So is this the start of an exciting new life? Or a delusional experiment doomed to failure?

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 288 pages

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