Customer Reviews
Absolutely 100% fantastic and engrossing read" - By: Gella, 06 Jan 2009 
I was given this book as a gift, my sister knowing what a great fan of Paul's I am & I was not disappointed! Having started the book I could not put it down. It feels as though Paul is talking you through his early life & there are excruciatingly funny moments when I laughed out loud & also very emotional moments which brought tears to my eyes. I really enjoyed reading about his family & would have loved to have met his mum - who reminds me so much of my own - very stoical, deeply loyal & very loving.
I would highly recommend this book & many congratulations to Mr Paul O'Grady MBE for an excellent, witty & emotional account of his early life. Please, please hurry up & write a second instalment & please include Buster & Olga who, I am sure would be very 'put out' if not included!!
Five stars? Without question! - By: A. I. McCulloch, 05 Jan 2009 I started reading thisin trepidation, worrying that my expectations would be set too high. I needn't have worried. It's a wonderful book, very honest, very moving & very funny. So many of Paul's recollections of being brought upin a 60s council house without central heating rang true. I'd forgotten about how much of our livesin winter revolved round keeping warm- Paul hasn't!
I made the slight mistake of reading thisin bed very late at night. A mistake, because stifling my laughter nearly choked me. Two particularly funny passages were 'fast-forwards' from the period not generally covered by the book, which bodes really well for the sequel. This memoir is on a par with Peter Kay's The Sound of Laughter -in fact, Paul's honesty makes it better, as he doesn't pull a single punch. Yet he manages to do this without offending - there are no sordid revelations that have you turning pagesin haste, but thoughtful evocations of time & place.
This will make a fantastic audiobook - Paul writes as he speaks & you can hear his voice on every page. Wonderful, just wonderful.
Too much information - By: Mrs. J. King, 03 Jan 2009 
I'm a great fan of Paul's & could not wait for his second book but I feel let down.Too much nauseating information of gay exploits , a lot of which should have remained private. Very funnyin places but it was spoiled for me by graphic details of various love affairs with gay partners.Don't read this before your tea or just after it as you won't hang on to it!! Left me with a nasty taste & a different slant on Paul O' Grady. You have to have a strong stomach to get through this book!
Joy King
Neath South Wales
Must read - By: Buzzybee, 29 Dec 2008 Brilliant picked it up & read till finished cant
wait for his own book from 18yrs on
wendy
best book ever!! - By: MAISE, 29 Dec 2008 well, this is the best book i have read & i have read a few! paul is a natural. you have got to buy this one, it will make you laugh so much. when you are reading this, you can hear paul telling you the stories of his childhoodin his own way. very good, can't wait for the next chapters!
