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Memoirs of a Fruitcake

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Memoirs of a Fruitcake

Contributors:

By (Author) Chris Evans

ISBN:

9780007345700

Publisher:

HarperCollins Publishers

Imprint:

HarperCollins

Publication Date:

1st August 2011

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Other Subjects:

Radio / podcasts
Television

Dewey:

791.44092

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

352

Dimensions:

Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 23mm

Weight:

270g

Description

Sunday Times Celebrity Book of the Year 2010
In Its Not What You Think Chris Evans had seemingly found the recipe for success. He was rich, famous, and now the owner of his own radio station and media company. What could possibly go wrong As it turned out, the answer was everythingwell almost.

When we left our loveable ginger hero at the end of It's Not What You Think, it looked like Chris had made it. But things were about to take a very dark turn. Soon Chriss childhood dreams of a job in radio lay in tatters, and as an endless drink-fuelled lifestyle began to take its toll, he plunged into a downward spiral so deep that escape seemed almost impossible.

And then his salvation appeared, in the form of a young singer called Billie Piper.

Told with the same wit, verve and startling honesty that surprised and delighted readers of Its Not What You Think, this is the final part for now of Chris Evanss journey of self discovery.

Reviews

Praise for Memoirs of a Fruitcake:

Both an acute psychological study and a cracking read Mail on Sunday

Evans writes extremely well The Times Magazine

At his most likeable News of The World

Witty, inspiring and remarkably self-pity free Heat Magazine

Praise for Its Not What You Think:

An eye-opening read OK Magazine

It is as an autobiographer that Chris Evans finally seems to have grown up The Observer

Full to the brim with fantastic anecdotes Heat Magazine

A critic confounding mea culpa of a memoir The Guardian

The guy can spin a yarn as long as the M1 and as colourful as his hair Now Magazine

Author Bio

Chris Evans began his broadcasting career at Manchesters Piccadilly Radio, going on to become a household name in TV and radio. He launched and presented the hugely successful Channel 4 shows The Big Breakfast, Dont Forget Your Toothbrush and TFI Friday, before moving to radio in 1996. Chris joined BBC Radio 2 in 2005 and soon succeeded Sir Terry Wogan as host of the Breakfast Show. Before long he had exceeded Wogans listening figures, and the nation had begun to accept the reformed wild child back into its heart.Chriss second book, Memoirs of a Fruitcake, became a Sunday Times bestseller and was named Sunday Times Book of the Year in 2011. Encouraged by this success he now pens a hugely popular weekly column in the Daily Mail, as well as running 500 Words, a short story competition for children.Chriss wild days are now firmly behind him, and he lives with his wife Natasha and sons Noah and Eli in the Berkshire countryside.

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