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1. www.goodreads.com › book › showThe Funny Thing About Death by Jo Caulfield | Goodreads

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   Aug 3, 2023 · This is a beautiful, funny, moving book. Jo Caulfield gives an unflinching, heartfelt account of her sister's illness and death, and doesn't shy away from how inconvenient and intrusive grief is, and how difficult family relationships can be, as well as the joy of them. Part of the proceeds go to Macmillan Cancer Care so you should definitely ...

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3. snackmag.co.uk › interview-jo-caulfieldInterview: Jo Caulfield talks about her new memoir 'The Funny ...

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   Aug 5, 2023 · Jo Caulfield is best known as one of the UK’s most respected stand-up comedians - a Fringe stalwart who loved Edinburgh so much she moved there. Six years ago, Jo was about to go on stage when she found out that her sister Annie had cancer. What transpired was a cathartic journey for both as they revisited their childhood and adolescence. Now she has written The Funny Thing About Death to ...

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   All of Jo’s profits from The Funny Thing About Death will be donated to MacMillan Cancer Support – a charity which Jo has already raised over £50,000 for through bucket collections at the end of her Edinburgh Fringe shows. There will be a chance to buy a copy of the book at the end of each tour show. Post navigation

5. www.beyondthejoke.co.uk › review-jo-caulfieldBook Review – The Funny Thing About Death by Jo Caulfield

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   Aug 19, 2023 · It is appropriate that The Funny Thing About Death is part memoir for Jo Caulfield’s funny, talented, spiky sister Annie and part Jo’s autobiography. For, the way Jo tells it, big sister Annie led the way in carefree adventuring – living the life of nun-rebeller, teenage hitchhiker, raucous bar staff, award-winning writer – with little sister Jo in her wake and eager to join as soon as ...

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   The Funny Thing About Death by Jo Caulfield is published by Polygon, £17.99. Jo Caulfield: Razor Sharp is on at Stand 3, The Stand Comedy Club, Edinburgh, until August 27 (except August 14 & 21)

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   A hilarious memoir of two unconventional girls growing up in the 1970s. BUY NOW. UPCOMING DATES. Fri 01 Nov

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   Who is Jo Caulfield?

   • Jo Caulfield is best known as one of the UK’s most respected stand-up comedians – a Fringe stalwart who loved Edinburgh so much she moved there. Six years ago, Jo was about to go on stage when she found out that her sister Annie had cancer. What transpired was a cathartic journey for both as they revisited their childhood and adolescence.

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   Did Jo Caulfield have a sister?

   • Comedian Jo Caulfield, at her home in Edinburgh. This is what you need to know. The comedian Jo Caulfield had an older sister called Annie. Annie was a writer. Annie wrote radio plays and books and for television, working as a scriptwriter for Sir Lenny Henry and on the drama This Life. Annie was one of life’s adventurers. Annie was smart.

   Comedian Jo Caulfield on laughing through loss and how it inspired a

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   When did Annie Caulfield die?

   • Annie Caulfield died in November 2016. On the last day of July in 2023, Jo Caulfield is sitting in the front room in her home in Edinburgh talking to me about her sister, and about loss and grief and love. Jo with her big sister Annie.

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   What did Jo say about her funeral?

   • “Talking about her funeral,” Jo admits, “made my blood run cold. But at the same time we were laughing at how much she enjoyed it. ‘I want to have this lovely funeral’.

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   Will Jo Caulfield succeed?

   • And she will succeed, because, as anyone who has seen her live or on TV, or heard one of her regular appearances on Radio 4 will know, Jo Caulfield is good at what she does. Like her sister, she is quick and sharp and sometimes caustic.

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   What makes Kate Caulfield a great writer?

   • Caulfield is sharp and funny, capturing childhood eccentricities marvellously, alongside the cathartic necessity of humour in the darker times. Her writing in honest and highly readable, intimate without being mawkish or overly sentimental.

   Book Review – The Funny Thing About Death by Jo Caulfield

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9. www.pressreader.com › uk › evening-telegraph-firstThe Funny Thing About Death - PressReader

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   Sep 25, 2023 · The Funny Thing About. Death is a debut book written by award-winning comedian Jo Caulfield about the loss of her sister, Annie. Last week, Jo addressed a packed audience squeezed into the narrow confines of Topping Books in St Andrews. Failing to resist the temptation to veer into stand-up, she read excerpts and shared funny stories about ...