Memoirs of a Fruitcake
By (Author) Chris Evans
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins
1st August 2011
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Radio / podcasts
Television
791.44092
Paperback
352
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 23mm
270g
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.
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
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.