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Penguin Random House South Africa

Categories: Biography & Memoir, International Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Adult
ISBN: 9781529108248
Published: May 2023
Imprint: Ebury Press
Page Extent: 416
Format: Paperback
RRP 295.00

By the Creator of Big Boys

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About the book

This book will definitely make you laugh and might just make you cry, but it could also help save a life.


Praise for Big Boys:

'Sharp, clever, bold, tender, wise and looking at men from angles I've never seen before. And funny. Thank God for funny!' Russell T. Davies

'It is warm and funny ... can pierce your heart when you least expect it' Guardian

Praise for Cheer the F**K Up:

'Cheer the F**K Up is, without a doubt, the most meaningful and funniest book I have ever read on mental health and loss. Jack is a genius (fact) and he weaves together themes of love, grief, sexuality, trauma, growing up, mental health and friendship in a memoir that will stand the test of...

About the Author

Jack Rooke

Jack Rooke

Jack Rooke is a writer, comedian and mental health ambassador. He is the creator, writer, star and exec-producer of the hit Channel 4 series Big Boys. He presented the BBC Radio 4 comedy Good Grief and Arts special Mamma M.I.A. He was also BBC Radio 1's on-air expert in bereavement and mental health for The Surgery.

Jack has produced three stand-out Edinburgh Fringe shows -Good Grief, co-written with his 85-year-old Nan about his father's death, Happy Hour, a comedic tribute to a friend lost to suicide, andLove Letters, a show about modern romance described by the Guardian as 'effortlessly charming and buoyantly funny.' Jack's shows have transferred on to London's Soho Theatre, Latitude Festival and The Roundhouse.

In 2019 he contributed an essay to the award-winning book It's Not OK to Feel Blue (& Other Lies), curated by Scarlett Curtis. Cheer the F**K Up is his debut publication.

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