Bonkers: My Life in Laughs
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A young Dawn French, bluffing her way to each BBC series, shooting Lulu, trading wild faxes with Joanna Lumley, touring India with Ruby Wax and Goldie Hawn. There's cancer, too, when she becomes 'Brave Jen'. But her biggest battle is with the bane of her life: the Laws of Procrastination.
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By Saunders' own admission, this is a book of memories rather than a rigidly told chronological diary so to speak, so time frames are lax and fluid.
Her university application process? Sounds a lot like my own. My own mother, like Jennifer's, was more delighted at the prospect of having their child attend university than I was. My own bedroom resembles her own, with my laundry exploding everywhere. She also turns out to be a massive procrastinator as well, something I'm guilty of myself.
‘Bonkers' takes us on a journey of some of the highs and lows of Saunders' professional and personal life and perhaps I did cheat somewhat by having this read to me by the author herself, and that's partly why I enjoyed it so much.
While not being a perfect book, it has made me chuckle quite a lot with Saunders' various voices and sheer joy for comedy booming out of my headphones.
