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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Multi-award-winning Hannah Gadsby broke comedy with their show Nanette. In this “enthralling” (The Washington Post) memoir, they take us through the defining moments in their life and their powerful decision to tell the truth—no matter the cost.
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“Hannah is a Promethean force, a revolutionary talent. This hilarious, touching, and sometimes tragic book is all about where their fires were lit.”—Emma Thompson
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: PopSugar, Vulture
“There is nothing stronger than a broken woman who has rebuilt herself,” Hannah Gadsby declared in their show Nanette, a scorching critique of the way society conducts public debates about marginalized communities.
Gadsby grew up as the youngest of five children in Tasmania, where homosexuality was illegal until 1997. After moving to mainland Australia and receiving a degree in art history, they found themselves adrift, working itinerant jobs and enduring years of isolation punctuated by homophobic and sexual violence. When Gadsby was twenty-seven, a friend encouraged them to enter a stand-up competition. They won, and so began their career in comedy.
Gadsby became well known for their self-disparaging humor, but in 2015, as Australia debated the legality of same-sex marriage, they started to question this mode of storytelling, beginning to work on a show that would transform their career and would become “the most-talked-about, written-about, shared-about comedy act in years” (The New York Times).
Harrowing and hilarious, Ten Steps to Nanette traces Gadsby’s growth as a queer person, their ever-evolving relationship with comedy, and their struggle with late-in-life diagnoses of autism and ADHD, finally arriving at the backbone of Nanette: the renouncement of self-deprecation, the rejection of misogyny, and the moral significance of truth-telling.
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"Consistently self-effacing and contemplative, Gadsby acknowledges that [their] unique brand of deadpan observational comedy isn’t for everyone, especially since it often skewers ‘the two most overly sensitive demographics the world has ever known: straight white cis men and self-righteous comedians’. . . A witty and provocatively written life story."
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“This memoir is wonderfully narrated by the author…demonstrating a mastery of expression and pacing…This is one of the don’t-miss audiobooks of the year. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”
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“For fans of Gadsby, her delivery on the page will delight just as it does on screen. She remains honest, with stories that draw laughter over situations that are always based in truth—harsh or otherwise.”
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“Her pitch-perfect comic delivery and sly, quirky vocals serve her well as a narrator. The performance shows great humor—and real heart.”
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“Gadsby’s memoir reads like a conversation with a longtime friend…A can’t-miss memoir that will make readers laugh, cry, and everything in between.”
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“In this stunning debut…Gadsby guides readers on a tour of her life that’s every bit as intimate, gutting, and untidy as the performance referenced in the title.”
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For fans of Gadsby, [their] delivery on the page will delight just as it does on screen. [They] remain honest, with stories that draw laughter over situations that are always based in truth—harsh or otherwise.
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Enthralling.
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A joyful read . . . Gadsby’s voice is intimate and close, and spending time with it is a lot like listening to a good friend relay a fascinating life story over a couple of pints at the bar.
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Similar to [their] groundbreaking comedy specials Douglas and Nanette, Gadsby’s memoir reads like a conversation with a longtime friend. . . . A can’t-miss memoir that will make readers laugh, cry, and everything in between.
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In this stunning debut, Emmy Award–winning comedian Gadsby guides readers on a tour of [their] life that’s every bit as intimate, gutting, and untidy as the performance referenced in the title. . . .This stirring tale of resilience laughs in the face of the ‘inspiration porn’ industry.
— Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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A New York Times Bestseller
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A PopSugar Best Books of the Year Pick
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A Vulture.com Pick of 2022's Best Books
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A Kirkus Reviews Pick of the Year's Best Audiobooks
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Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
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Finalist for the Audie Award for Best Narration by the Author
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About Hannah Gadsby
Hannah Gadsby stopped stand-up comedy in its tracks with her multiaward-winning show Nanette, which played to sold-out houses in Australia, the United Kingdom, and New York. Its launch on Netflix, and subsequent Emmy and Peabody wins, took her to the world. Her second album, named Douglas, after her dog, earned another Emmy nomination. Previously she appeared as a character called Hannah in Please Like Me (Hulu) and toured her native Australia and the United Kingdom as a stand-up comedian. She made art documentaries and other things over the course of more than a decade in comedy.