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Aug 16, 2023 · The Funny Thing About Death by Jo Caulfield is published by Polygon, an imprint of Scottish independent press Birlinn, and available now. You can get yourself a copy while supporting the Literary Salon and UK indie bookshops by buying from our shop on Bookshop.org. And if you fancy meeting Jo in St Andrews, pop along to a special event with her ...
Jo’s retelling of her life with and now without. Annie is full of frustration and confusion and anger and wonder, all these emotions tied together with a ribbon of humour, sometimes dark as night, other times laugh-out-loud, always on the mark. Too many of us have been on the journey these two sisters shared, too many more will embark on it.
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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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 ...
And her younger sister, Jo, the stand-up, would have hated herself for writing it. Yet here we are. A moving, occasionally beautiful but down-to-earth account of family ties, creative ambition and lust for life, The Funny Thing About Death is the comic’s first book and it admirably succeeds in conveying Jo’s assertion that ‘cancer was the least interesting thing about Annie’.
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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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
