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At My Mother's Knee...And Other Low Joints: Tales from Paul’s mischievous young years (Paperback)
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At My Mother's Knee...And Other Low Joints: Tales from Paul’s mischievous young years (Paperback)

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Published: 04/06/2009
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THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER

'Warmly funny, dry and mischievous . . . Genuine and brilliant.' Daily Mail

Paul O'Grady is one of Britain's very best loved entertainers. He is known and adored by millions, whether as the creator of the acid-tongued Blonde Bombsite, Lily Savage, the presenter of the fantastically successful, award-winning Paul O'Grady Show on Channel 4 or the massive hit ITV show, For the Love of Dogs.


Now, in his own unique voice, Paul O'Grady tells story of his early life in Irish Catholic Birkenhead that started him on the long and winding road from mischievous altar boy to national treasure. It is a brilliantly evoked, hilarious and often moving tale of gossip in the back yard, bragging in the corner shop and slanging matches on the front doorstep, populated by larger-than-life characters with hearts of gold and tongues as sharp as razors.

At My Mother's Knee features an unforgettable cast of rogues, rascals, lovers, fighters, saints and sinners - and one iconic bus conductress. It's a book which really does have something for everyone and which reminds us that, when all's said and done, there's a bit of savage in all of us...

Readers love At My Mother's Knee:

'I laughed, I cried, I couldn't put it down and the characters really just jumped out of the page.' *****
'Candid, heart warming and also hilarious.' *****
'Wonderfully written, laugh out loud funny and poignant by turns.' *****

Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 9780553819489
Number of pages: 480
Weight: 356 g
Dimensions: 198 x 128 x 29 mm


MEDIA REVIEWS

One of the most brilliantly observed testimonies to working-class life I've ever read - Sue Carroll, Mirror

Funny, well observed and recognisably human. Soon you start to wonder why all celebrity autobiographies can't be like this - Private Eye

Among the three-for-two slew of sleb lit heaped on the tables of the nation's major bookshops... At My Mother's Knee distinguishes itself on every level - Carol Ann Duffy, Observer

Paul speaks with warmth and hilarity about a childhood filled with poverty. Hugely interesting and entertaining - Heat

While most celeb memoirs are as memorable as an air kiss, O'Grady's is a proper snog - Scotsman

Warmly funny, dry and mischievous... Genuine - and brilliant - Daily Mail

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“Very Paui O'Grady!”

A very funny book by a likeable man. The book gives an insight into his tough upbringing and the forming of
his many characters before he felt able to be
himself.

Paperback edition
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“At my mothers knee”

Now im just gonna come out say it I haven't read this one yet. But I have it on order so will have it in the next few days. I have read the trilogy in reverse order but if his first book is anything to go by when... More

Paperback edition
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“Paul O'Grady”

This book is very interesting sometimes funny and sometimes sad reading it is like listening to Paul O'Grady talking to you.

Paperback edition
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