A review by gemmaclark14
Janey: The Woman That Won't Shut Up by Janey Godley

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

I really enjoyed this book about more recent events in Janey’s life. It is still radical to be a female comedian. She was always told to stop swearing (bet nobody said that to Billy Connolly) and I’m glad she didn’t listen. She was also always the lone woman in male spaces.  The book delves into how she made it in comedy, an industry very hostile to women especially working-class women.

I was not expecting a ghost story in there, but I was very much enjoyed that!

This autobiography also covers her performing in New Zealand, Glastonbury, sell-out shows, dealing with trolls, meeting Billy Connolly, getting her abuser uncle jailed, living with cancer and so much more.

Honest, emotional, funny, and uplifting. Janey inspires me to be the kind of woman who doesn’t shut up.
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