I Carried a Watermelon by Katy Brand

I Carried a Watermelon by Katy Brand

Massively enjoyable Dawn French

‘It takes a true obsessive to open the mind especially to something one has always taken for grantedI knew I loved DIRTY DANCING but I didn’t know why. Now, thanks to Katy Brand’s hilarious, touching, bonkersly true book, I do. One of the best reads of the year.’ Emma Thompson

‘This is a book to massively enjoy (as I did) and then immediately hand on to your daughter (as I did)! I’m off to watch Dirty Dancing again immediately, and so will you when you read this gem.’ Dawn French

‘A joyful book, and such a thoughtful one, too.’ Nigella Lawson

‘An honest, moving, hilarious journey into how our youthful passions shape the people we become. Katy is the finest dance partner to take you on this journey.’ Shappi Khorsandi

‘A joyous, funny, personal page-turner.  I read it in one sitting.’ Deborah Frances-White, The Guilty Feminist

‘part-memoir, part film-studies dissertation [that] is very, very funny.’ The Sunday Times

‘a witty, endearing and surprisingly political take on her lifelong obsession with Dirty Dancing’ The Bookseller

‘[this] affectionate homage encourages us to reassess Baby Houseman’s summer romance as a “feminist manifesto [and] instruction manual for girls” that sneaks in a potent pro-choice message.’ Neil Smith, Total Film

‘I may be the only person on Earth not to have seen Dirty Dancing. Reading this book has been a revelation. I wish I hadn’t missed that formative time in my womanhood—the sense of self-assuredness and possession, daring and joy that Katy has found in this film. Fortunately she has carried it forward with her and shares it all with us—with insight, wit and relatability—in this hilarious, poignant and revelatory read.’ Desiree Burch

‘A hilarious tribute.’ Daily Express

‘An invaluable guide.’ The Sun

‘Hugely evocative with Katy’s trademark wit and warmth’ Woman

Katy Brand is an award-winning writer, comedian and actor. After starting to write and perform comedy as a student, she spent a few years working in TV production. In 2005 Katy went back to the stage, taking her debut comedy show ‘Celebrities are Gods’ to the Edinburgh Fringe, which later became her award-winning ITV sketch show, Katy Brand’s Big Ass Show. She published her first novel, Brenda Monk is Funny in 2014, went back to the Fringe in 2016 with her critically-acclaimed live show, ‘I Was a Teenage Christian’ and wrote a play, 3Women in 2018. Her first non-fiction book H was published in 2019, and in 2020 she made her West End debut in ‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie!’ It may be time for a sit down.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780008352783
ISBN 10	000835278X
Title	I Carried a Watermelon
Author	Katy Brand
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	2019-10-10
Number of pages	252
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.