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Sue Perkins
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By:
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Sue Perkins
About this listen
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Spectacles, the hilarious, creative and incredibly moving memoir from much loved comedian, writer and presenter Sue Perkins.
When I began writing this book, I went home to see if my mum had kept some of my stuff. What I found was that she hadn't kept some of it. She had kept all of it - every bus ticket, postcard, school report - from the moment I was born to the moment I finally had the confidence to turn round and say, 'Why is our house full of this s--t?'
Sadly, a recycling incident destroyed the bulk of this archive. This has meant two things: firstly, dear listener, you will never get to see countless drawings of wizards, read a poem about corn on the cob, or marvel at the kilos of brown flowers I so lovingly pressed as a child.
Secondly, it's left me with no choice but to actually write this thing myself.
This, my first ever title, will answer questions such as: is Mary Berry real? Is it true you wear a surgical truss, and is a nonspherically symmetric gravitational pull from outside the observable universe responsible for some of the observed motion of large objects such as galactic clusters in the universe?
Most of this audiobook is true. I have, of course, amplified my more positive characteristics in an effort to make you like me. Thank you for listening.
©2015 Sue Perkins (P)2015 Penguin AudioWhat listeners say about Spectacles
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- Elisabeth Mn.
- 29-06-2022
Sue Perkins is a fully rounded character
Yes, she’s funny, witty, intelligent and would make a marvellous dinner party guest or holiday companion . . . but wait, there’s more.
A lot more complexity, unrequited love, disappointment, a crazy but loveable family, and so much warmth, realness, humanity and good old fashioned love.
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- V T SPILLANE
- 01-02-2017
Very entertaining 'read'
Where does Spectacles rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
High up in the autobiographical group
What did you like best about this story?
Sue Perkins is very amusing and self-deprecatory - she is a laugh!
Have you listened to any of Sue Perkins’s other performances? How does this one compare?
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Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
It made me laugh - a lot!
Any additional comments?
Go on, get to know this author!
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- Anonymous User
- 11-08-2019
an extraordinary ordinary life
Hearing Perks tell her own story in her own way is fantabulous. 10/10 would recommend
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-03-2019
Baked
loved it, entertaining, funny and a big bay window into the Perkins world. only one more word to add - BAKE!
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- Julie Hart
- 16-09-2017
Love love love
Thank you Sue Perkins. As always you are warm and funny and thank you for explaining beautiful the horrible disease that afflicts so many
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