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My Animals, and Other Animals

A memoir of sorts

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My Animals, and Other Animals

By: Bill Bailey
Narrated by: Bill Bailey
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About this listen

 In his first memoir, beloved comedian and national treasure Bill Bailey shares stories of his life - and the animals he's met along the way.

Bill Bailey has always had dogs, including a Patterdale terrier called Rocky who would travel with him in the van to his first shows and occasionally join him on stage. Fast forward a few decades and Bill has shared his home with a variety of birds, dogs, frogs, chameleons and an armadillo called Tommy. 'We even had a giant chicken, a huge Malay cockerel called Kid Creole. After a few stand-offs he took against me. He had to go in the end, I was being stalked in my own back garden.'

That chicken apart, animals have always been at the heart of an extraordinary life as one of the nation's favourite comedians, actors, musicians and (thanks to Strictly) dancers: from terriers to the orangutans of Sumatra and the parrots that share his breakfast every morning in west London.

Full of the leftfield humour, wit and wisdom that has made Bill Bailey such a beloved performer around the world, My Animals and Other Animals is the story of Bill's life; but more than that, it's the story of how all of our lives are enriched by the animals who accompany us on that journey.©2024 Bill Bailey (P)2024 Quercus Editions Limited Entertainment & Celebrities Pets & Animal Care Celebrity Funny Feel-Good Heartfelt Witty Thought-Provoking Memoir Comedy

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Bill’s wonderful descriptive telling of his encounters with the animals makes me able to visualise them.
His enthusiasm, humour and natural manner is so easy to listen to.
Looking forward to the next book.

Love the connection.

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I'd been looking forward to the books release and it didn't disappoint at at. In fact it also had a healing quality for me, as I had suddenly lost my dog just before I started reading. The stories of Bill's pets were especially heartwarming and helped to remind me of all the adventures with my own pup. I heartily recommend this for any animal lover. Thanks Bill

A wonderful collection of animal stories

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Could listen to Bill Bailey all day long! Such a funny and vivid collection of tales (or should I say tails!). It did make me want to see pictures of all these pets and encounters! I've already listened to it a couple of times and can tell it will be a "feel good" favourite!

Brilliant

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Descriptive storytelling with humility & humour. A chapter per animal means you can read in bitesize chunks

Descriptive storytelling with humility & humour

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Enjoyed this book enormously. Funny, factual and heat warming. I would recommend this book to anyone who really wants to be entertained but at the same given interesting facts.

Humor

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