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At My Mother's Knee ... | 
 enlarge | Author: Paul O'grady
Publisher: Bantam Press
Category: Book
List Price: £18.99
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Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 68
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.2 x 1.5
ISBN: 0593059255
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.45092
EAN: 9780593059258
ASIN: 0593059255
Publication Date: September 24, 2008
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Paul O'Grady, apart from being one of Britain's best loved entertainers, is a classic example of reinvention, as At My Mother’s Knee demonstrates. The young Liverpool entertainer, an altar boy from Irish Catholic Birkenhead, becomes the acid-tongued and outrageous drag queen Lily Savage, and moves from gay pubs to national television, creating something of a British comic institution en route (O'Grady's caustic drag character was a world away from safer predecessors such as Danny La Rue). But O'Grady (like other comic performers such as John Cleese) realised that comic creations can have a limited shelf life, and reinvented himself as a Paul O'Grady’, coming out from behind the false breasts and towering wigs as a toned-down (but still camp), more audience-friendly TV presenter (wisely, he retained the abrasive voice and a Scouse accent that could be cut with a knife).At My Mother's Knee and Other Low Joints is an entertaining autobiography from someone who really does have a life that is worth writing about. Gossipy, sharp and colourful, the cast of characters in Paul O'Grady's life includes rogues and rascals galore, all of whom are evoked here with great comic skill. O'Grady was variously a boxer, a civil servant, a conman and even a cat burglar - all of these failed careers are on display here, as is a surprisingly pungent picture of the Liverpool nightclub scene. When so many showbiz autobiographies these days are written by people who have a barely had a life outside of their fame, it's refreshing to encounter one by somebody whose story would be interesting even if he were not a major TV star. --Barry Forshaw
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Tears and laughter October 22, 2008
Mrs. Barbara Vaughan (Manchester UK)
39 out of 39 found this review helpful
You can actually hear Paul dictating the words. There are heart tugging moments but there are also laugh out loud moments from a giggle to a hearty belly laugh. The characters who populated Paul's world are larger than life and twice as funny. This is a book that is, to coin a word, unputdownable and one I shall keep. I can't wait for the next one.
The man from Birkenhead.....! September 27, 2008
Mrs. Melonie Pickering (Sheffield, UK)
87 out of 92 found this review helpful
This book was so worth waiting for. I laughed, fought back the tears and cheered when Paul won his battles. I would have loved to have met his Mum, cos this is one lovable rogue who probably gave her more than the odd grey hair. Now I wait to see whether there will be a 2nd book, cos it just can't end there! I salute you Mr O'Grady MBE, you bring laughter, love and sunshine into this life we lead.
At Paul's hand October 2, 2008
Joanne D'Arcy (Portsmouth, UK)
56 out of 59 found this review helpful
This is the story of Paul O'Grady, presenter TV Actor and the alter ego of the infamous Lily Savage.
If you pick up this book thinking you are getting sordid wild tales of Paul and his famous friends then you are going to be disappointed, there is not even a mention of Buster!
This is Paul from the beginning to him turning 18. Here he tells the story of his life, growing up in Birkenhead. That small fishing village near Liverpool!! Paul tells brilliantly all the tales of his family and the sorts of tricks that any little boy gets up to when they are 4 or 5, as well as the tricks they get up when they discover girls (and boys!). Experiences of school and work will make you laugh out loud, and his experience with the church and Catholicism is also so philosophical and funny at the same time. What is apparent throughout this book is how all the characters of his life, his mum and her sisters have influenced his later life not just personally but in his character of Lily Savage.
The stories you hear him tell on television, are true (if slightly exaggerated for effect) they are so beautifully told in the book, that you feel you are with Paul as he wrote this.
So many `famous' people try and tell their story in one book, but I feel Paul has only really touched the tip of the iceberg I hope there is a sequel.......please Paul write another.....
Worth The Wait!! September 21, 2008
Jake M (England)
76 out of 86 found this review helpful
This is it, the book we've all been waiting for!!
Paul O' Grady is without a doubt the most entertaining man on the chatshow circuit today, a true superstar, a marvelous entertainer and quite rightly adored by legions of fans.
When I found out that Paul's autobiography was finally out, I just had to get my copy and as soon as I sat down to read it, found that I simply just couldn't put it down. Great stories, extremely honest and downright hilarious for the most part. You really feel that you know him so much better than before as well as his family and interesting friends that he met along the way, Paul's story has certainly been dramatic and fascinating to say the least.
"At My Mother's Knee ... and Other Low Joints" didn't disappoint this reader at all and I can only recommened that you yourself be sure to buy a copy of this guaranteed bestseller of a memoir.
The only bad side of it is that it only covers his childhood/teenage years therfore leaving the reader longing for more --- can't wait for the next one!!
Paul O' Grady --- a true legend and a very funny guy!
Excellent! November 22, 2008
CC (England)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This was a fantastic read and one I managed to complete very quickly. I loved the early years of Paul's life in which he describes his mother and aunts. It reminded me so much of my long missed grandmother and the things that those women of a post war era got up to.
Absolutely loved the way the book was set out, it was coherent unlike some autobiographies and gave a great insight into Paul's life that is honest and forthright. The later years were interesting and again very honest. This man has certainly lead a very interesting life (and the book ends when he is eighteen)and I can't wait to read the next installment and find out how LIly Savage came to be and what other (mis)adventures Paul got up to in the proceeding years.
Highly recommended.
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