Animal: The Autobiography of a Female Body
Apr 2016 · Faber & Faber
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The hilarious feminist account of the female body by the award-winning comedian
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'HILARIOUS' Daily Telegraph
'Brilliant' Frankie Boyle
Sometimes Sara Pascoe confuses herself. She gets wildly and pointlessly jealous. She spends too much time hating her bum. And you know what she hates more than her bum? Her preoccupation with her bum. She's had sexual experiences with boys she wasn't really into, but still got a post-coital crush on them. She's ruined brand-new relationships by immediately imagining them going into reverse.
There was so much about her behaviour that Pascoe wanted to understand. So she started researching what makes us - women - tick. And what she read made her eyes fall out of her face. Reader, here is everything science has to tell us about love, sexuality, infidelity, boobs, periods, pubes, broodiness, and clever old fat. Merry Christmas and Hallelujah! Suddenly being a woman doesn't look like such a minefield after all.
'Fresh and honest.' GUARDIAN
'Timely and intelligent.' THE TIMES
'Funny, sad, angry, affronted, engaging and enlightening.' STYLIST
**BUY SARA PASCOE'S LATEST BOOK SEX POWER MONEY NOW**
'HILARIOUS' Daily Telegraph
'Brilliant' Frankie Boyle
Sometimes Sara Pascoe confuses herself. She gets wildly and pointlessly jealous. She spends too much time hating her bum. And you know what she hates more than her bum? Her preoccupation with her bum. She's had sexual experiences with boys she wasn't really into, but still got a post-coital crush on them. She's ruined brand-new relationships by immediately imagining them going into reverse.
There was so much about her behaviour that Pascoe wanted to understand. So she started researching what makes us - women - tick. And what she read made her eyes fall out of her face. Reader, here is everything science has to tell us about love, sexuality, infidelity, boobs, periods, pubes, broodiness, and clever old fat. Merry Christmas and Hallelujah! Suddenly being a woman doesn't look like such a minefield after all.
'Fresh and honest.' GUARDIAN
'Timely and intelligent.' THE TIMES
'Funny, sad, angry, affronted, engaging and enlightening.' STYLIST
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Spencer Williams
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January 1, 2018
Not a bad book , with some very funny and some very informative Chapters, where it falls down and respect is lost for Miss Pascoe is the Naming and Shaming of Mr Ched Evans. As He has now been found by a Jury of His Peers to be Innocent an Apology and/or Retraction should very definetly been included.
Cherie Metcalf
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March 25, 2019
Extremely interesting and enjoyable read. All the sciencey bits are creatively and hilariously articulated. Sara even manages to deliver some shocking sad truths of life with just the right amount of humour thrown in to express the absurdity of the world. Fantastic book that will have you in fits of giggles!
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Kristin Skarsholt
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June 17, 2016
It's like a very long and informative (NOT boring) stand up show! Excellent.
About the author
As a stand up, Sara Pascoe has starred on Live at the Apollo; QI; Never Mind The Buzzcocks; Room 101 (all BBC), along with 8/10 Cats and being a regular contributor on two series of Stand Up for The Week (both C4). Sara Pascoe vs History earned her a prestigious Fosters Comedy Award nomination for Best Show at the 2014 Edinburgh Festival. Sara won the 2014 Chortle Award for Best Breakthrough Act. As an actress, Sara has enjoyed series regular roles in W1A and Twenty Twelve (both BBC). Sara has written for the Guardian, the Independent and Standard Issue Magazine.
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