Stand-up, television and earlier work in psychiatric nursing provide the material for Jo Brand's memoir and comic non-fiction. Look Back in Hunger recounts childhood, family, nursing and the route into comedy, using the dry, self-deprecating tone associated with her stage persona. Born Lippy mixes autobiography with observations and advice about confidence, ageing, anger and not organising life around other people's approval. Brand has also written fiction, but her strongest author identity comes through personality-led memoir and humour. The prose is blunt, funny and deliberately unsentimental, with stories often undercutting any attempt at inspirational polish. Useful discovery categories include comedy memoir, women's autobiography and British entertainment writing. Look Back in Hunger is the clearest chronological starting point for her background and career. Read more Less
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