The More You Ignore Me

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A genuinely funny and original novel about mental illness, growing up and parental breakdown from much-loved comedienne Jo Brand.

Alice is five, and convinced she needs five personalities to cope. Her family, tucked in a cottage in deepest Herefordshire, are a bit weird. Her mother Gina is obsessed with the weatherman on the local news and when she climbs naked onto the roof with Alice's pet guinea pig in her arms, she is whisked off to the local psychiatric hospital. Keith, Alice's father, tries to keep calm, but his patience is severely tested by his in-laws. The only thing that gives Alice's hope is her love for Morrissey of The Smiths...

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"interesting, and quirky, and worth your time"--www.advicesistersblog.blogspot.com
"The farce always blends with sorrow, and the sense of cartoon families everywhere makes for touching sitcom drama."--Booklist

Author Bio

Jo Brand is a stand-up comic with many TV and radio shows to her name. She is married with two children and lives in South London.