LUCY PORTER: Book Signing

We're so excited to welcome comedian and writer Lucy Porter to the bookshop for a very special book signing to celebrate the publication of her new book, Middle-Aged Women Get Sh*t Done : A Manifesto (or a Cry for Help?).

About the book:
It’s 8.31am and you’ve already responded to a dozen of your boss’s deranged overnight work emails, got your kids off to school in something approximating a uniform, unblocked the shower drain with your actual bare hands and sorted out your mum’s supermarket order crisis.

Congratulations, you are a middle-aged woman who is getting sh*t done.

We all know it: midlife women are the glue that binds society together. We are invincible, all-powerful, and you mess with us at your peril. But we’re also quite knackered and we’d like a break please. In this hilarious and irreverent manifesto, Lucy Porter steers us through the trials of being the exhausted meat in the middle of the sandwich generation with her trademark wit, warmth and a hefty dose of righteous rage.

Part celebration, part rallying cry, this is a call to arms: women, put down your to-do lists and let someone else take on all the crap for a bit.

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‘Funny, clever and entertaining’
JO BRAND

‘Like Lucy herself, her hilarious book brims with glee and laser-sharp observation’
MEL GIEDROYC

‘Whip-smart and very funny. A long overdue love letter to women in midlife’
SUE PERKINS

‘One of our funniest people. She doesn’t just get sh*t done, she’ll make you cry with laughter while she does it. A brilliant read’
CARIAD LLOYD

‘The usual excellence from Ms Porter’
LIZA TARBUCK

‘One of the most consistently brilliant and hilarious comics of our generation’
SARAH KENDALL

About the authors:
Lucy Porter is a stand-up comic and writer. She regularly appears on Radio 4 programmes such as The News Quiz, The Unbelievable Truth, Just a Minute and I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue. She co-hosts a podcast about quizzing called Fingers on Buzzers with Jenny Ryan, aka The Vixen from The Chase. Lucy’s proudest moment was becoming Celebrity Mastermind Champion of Champions – her specialist subject was the comedy genius Victoria Wood. Lucy can be frequently found touring the UK as a stand-up, but when she’s not on the road, she lives in Middlesex with her husband, two children and an increasing number of cats.