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Things I Couldn't Tell My Mother

My Autobiography

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Things I Couldn't Tell My Mother

By: Sue Johnston
Narrated by: Sue Johnston
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Sue Johnston always seemed to be disappointing her mother. As a girl she never stayed clean and tidy like her cousins. As she grew older, she spent all her piano lesson money on drinks for her mates down the pub, and when she discovered the Cavern she was never at home. The final straw was when Sue left her steady job at a St Helens factory to try her hand at that unsteadiest of jobs: acting.

Yet when Sue was bringing up her own child alone, her mother was always there to help. And playing her much-loved characters Sheila Grant and Barbara Royle – although her mum wouldn’t say she was proud as such, she certainly seemed to approve. And in her mother’s final months, it was Sue she needed by her side.

The relationship with your mother is perhaps the most precious and fraught of any woman’s life. When she began writing, Sue set out to record ‘all the big things, and all the small things. Everything I wanted to tell my mother but felt I never could’. The result is a warm, poignant and often very funny memoir by one of Britain’s favourite actresses.

©2011 Sue Johnston (P)2011 Random House Audio Go Entertainment & Celebrities Celebrity Biography Funny Feel-Good Heartfelt Inspiring Witty Thought-Provoking

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I enjoyed this as it was an easy read and I like Sue Johnston so was interested to find out more about her early life

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Sue Johnston, A lifetime of love laughter Happiness and loss which we can all relate to in our own ways. What a credit to Sue this is. Beautifully read from start to Finish.

A Beautiful Autobiography

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gentle bedtime listening I had to keep rewinding to make sure I hadn't missed anything

a gentle journey we can all relate to

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Sue shows that she is an ordinary person with emotions like any other person, she is doing the job she loves and is down to earth. I hope she is performing for many years to come

a talented lady

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I have loved every second of this book . I have laughed, cried and everything in-between. Didn't want it to end , and now going to buy it for ...my Mother x . Thank you Sue

simply brilliant

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