{"product_id":"decline-and-falling-over","title":"Decline and Falling Over","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'This book is full of Jo's trademark wry wit and wonderful wisdom’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eKATHY BURKE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘Oh, the joy of unsanctimonious, funny tales of ageing. Jo is always glorious, but I enjoy her all the more for this anti-advice. A real nod to ageing we can all relate to (except me, I’m still way too young)’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMIRANDA HART\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Almost every line made me pee my pants. Not due to age – as she wrongly suggests – but because she’s the funniest woman on earth’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRUBY WAX\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘Lots of hilarious and unwise words from my favourite curmudgeonly she-wolf’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDAWN FRENCH\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'A typically hilarious manifesto for the wise and ignored, Jo shows how, when you get knocked down, it’s sometimes best to stay there for a rest’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eALAN DAVIES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘The fantastically imperfect \"what not to do\" list for older age. 100% my bible now’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eEMMA FREUD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e--\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJo Brand is getting on a bit and, to be frank, all this stuff about ageing well and staying active has made her feel rather tired.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom lying unconscious under a surgeon’s knife with your fingers crossed to a jam and mongoose sperm emulsion (alright, Jo made that one up), we are surrounded with hot takes on how to age \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ewell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSafe to say, Jo just can’t be arsed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is not a ‘life begins after menopause’ pep talk.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book will not tell you how to live longer or better. (Sorry.)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInstead, join Jo as she ponders how to age her own way.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThings you \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ecan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e expect: not changing her pants, embracing the utter joy of becoming an ‘invisible’ older woman, a celebration of the endless opportunities afforded by selective deafness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCompletely unscientific and largely unresearched, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDecline and Falling Over\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a bungled assortment of musings on how to make the most of your shitter second half.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e--\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘Life affirming. No one need fear getting older with this advice. Jo Brand should be Minister for Old People! Actually, she should be Prime Minister’ TOM ALLEN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘Of course it’s funny, of course it’s brilliant. A guidebook on how to grow old and not give a toss. Wonderful stuff’ SARAH MILLICAN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Incredibly funny and joy-inducing' ISY SUTTIE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57728727974261,"sku":"115-B3E-930","price":24.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/b2343df7-6ecb-422e-9109-b7f79cf0955f.jpg?v=1793877800","url":"https:\/\/goldsborobooks.surf\/products\/decline-and-falling-over","provider":"Goldsboro Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}